Yobe flags off support for victims of rainstorm, 450 households to benefit from scheme

Dr. Goje presenting relief materials to one of the beneficiaries in damaturu.

Yobe State Government has commenced distribution of building materials for victims of the last two windstorms that wrecked havoc across the state.

ImpactOnlineNigeria recalled that some people have lost their lives and property worth millions of naira destroyed by the rainstorm.

Flagging of the distribution of the items in Damaturu, the Executive Secretary of the State  Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Mohammed Goje announced that over 450 households will benefit from the relief support which is in building materials and other household items.
The Executive Secretary disclosed that 8 Local government Areas out of the 17 were affected by the devastating rainstorm on the 8th and 10th June 2020.
Dr.Goje explained that  “Gov. Mai Mala directed that his agency carry out the impact assessment of the disaster and make immediate intervention which is why we are here”.

Some of the beneficiaries pose behind their items presented by YOSEMA after the destruction of their homes by windstorm

He added that,” what we are doing here is just the flag off of the distribution of the materials. We decided to select just 50 heads of household to avoid excessive crowd in the spirit of COVID 19. But I can assure you that our team will immediately swing into action and ensure that everyone gets what is due for him.

"I want to tell you that we have our teams across the affected local governments as we speak and the material are on their way to those destinations for distribution”, Dr. Goje explained.

The Items received by each of the victims include ; Bags of cements, Bundles of roofing sheets (Zinc), Woods ,Nylon Mats, Clothes, Bucket among others.

One of the community leaders Modu Mustapha thanked government for the gesture adding the items donated them will aid them recover their shelter.

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