The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed 24,302 food baskets to vulnerable groups in kebbi State.
The beneficiaries include less privileged households, widows, petty traders, the visually impaired, the crippled and the unemployed as well as the victims of flood disaster in Shanga and other parts of the state.
During the presentation of the items at Government Stores along Kalgo Road, Birnin Kebbi, the director-general of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, represented by the director of SPECIAL Duties, Hajiya Fatima Suleiman, revealed that ‘KSrelief’ has donated 24,302 food baskets for distribution to vulnerable households in Kebbi, Benue, Anambra, Yobe and Taraba states.
She further disclosed that Kebbi State received 4,399 food baskets under the programme for households that had already been profiled.
She noted that the distribution exercise would be conducted transparently and in accordance with established accountability standards through collaboration between NEMA, Kebbi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and trained volunteers.
The DG also advised residents and shop owners to take measures against flooding as the rainy season intensifies.
While flagging off of the disbursement, the Kebbi State governor, Nasir Idris, commended King Salman Foundation of Saudi Arabia and President Bola Tinubu for the collaborative gesture.
He urged beneficiaries to make proper use of the food items for the benefit of their households and cushion the effect of hardship and to aid disaster recovery.
