ECOWAS donates $200,000 value of aid supplies to 1,000 households in Bauchi | The Guardian Nigeria News
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in partnership with the Red Cross Society, Federal Ministries of Foreign Affairs, and Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction has donated aid supplies value $200,000 to 1,000 households who suffered flooding final yr.
President, Nigerian Red Cross Society, Prince Oluyemisi Adeaga whereas talking on Wednesday in the course of the flag-off distribution, mentioned that floods displaced over 85,000 individuals, disrupted greater than 14,000 households, and left communities grappling with the lack of properties, livelihoods, and, for some, a way of hope.
“But today, as we launch this distribution, we also gather with a shared purpose—to restore that hope. The Nigerian Red Cross Society, in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and with generous funding from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is here to offer support to those who need it the most.”
The director of ECOWAS Mission in Nigeria, Mrs. Sintiki Tarfa-Ugbe, mentioned that the state authorities recognized the beneficiaries nearer to the individuals and victims.
Each of the 1,000 affected households went house with 25kg of rice, 15 kg of beans, 15kg of garri, 5 litres of vegetable oil, 5 litres of palm oil, and N75,000 money switch.
Also, beneficiaries got important non-food objects, which embody; a mosquito-treated internet, blanket, bucket, mat and jerrycan.
Speaking on the occasion, Governor Bala Mohammed, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Aminu Hammayo famous that the state authorities had additionally offered extra help to 150 households to handle the rising wants of flood victims.
Representatives of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction and the Nigerian Red Cross Society commiserated with the victims and inspired them to make good use of the help offered.
