No fewer than 23,000 farmers and vulnerable persons affected by the 2022 flood in Niger State have received relief materials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
The Director General of the agency, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, disclosed this during the inauguration of the distribution of the support materials in Minna, yesterday.
The intervention was tagged “Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention (SNELEI)”.
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The DG, represented by the Distribution Supervisor, Alhaji Abubakar Yusuf, said the intervention was to support farmers affected by the 2022 flood and other most vulnerable persons to cushion the effects of the disaster.
“Recall that the sad incident of the 2022 flood disaster affected many communities across the country including Niger,” he said.
Ahmed listed the items to include; sewing and grinding machines, 25kgs bags of rice, 10kgs bags of beans and sorghum, vegetable oil salt, tomato paste sachets and seasoning.
Others were mosquito nets, rubber mats, blankets, plastic buckets, mattresses, cooking pots, toilet soaps, detergents and cooking stoves.