Federal Government Delivers Food Items To 611,201 Flood-Affected Individuals

Federal Government Delivers Food Items To 611,201 Flood-Affected Individuals

The Federal Government has distributed 42,000 metric tonnes of food items to 611,201 flood victims in 29 states of the federation.

The food distribution followed President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

The agency announced this at a Strategic Communications and Inter-agency Policy Committee (SCIPC) joint briefing organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) yesterday in Abuja.

The President had directed the distribution of relief materials to vulnerable Nigerians across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja.

Speaking at the headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the agency’s spokesman Abdullahi Maiwada, a Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC), said flood had caused the death of 201 persons, injuries to 2,119 others and damaged 83,457 houses.

He said: “NEMA is now focused on coordinating relief interventions with current flood impacts reported as affecting 29 states, 154 local government areas, and displacing 225,169 people.

“Overall, 611,201 individuals have been impacted, 2,119 injured, 201 lives lost, 83,457 houses damaged, and 115,265 hectares of farmland affected.”