By Aluta News
Dec. 01, 2021
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials worth millions of naira to windstorm victims in Aguleri community in Anambra.
The items distributed by NEMA included 300 bags of parboiled rice; 300 bags of maize; 300 bags of beans; 40 kegs of vegetable oil and 25 cartons of seasoning cube.
The NEMA South-East Coordinator, Major James Eze, said in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu that the distribution was done by NEMA, Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (ANSEMA) and other community stakeholders.
Eze said that the distribution was flagged off on Saturday, Nov. 27 at Father Joseph Memorial High School, Aguleri.
He said that during the flag-off, the Director-General of NEMA, Mr Ahmed Habib, expressed his deep sympathy to the affected victims on behalf of the Federal Government.
The coordinator said that Habib, however, reiterated the importance of planting trees around buildings as they serve as windbreakers against turbulent winds.
The Federal Government and NEMA appreciated the community members’ efforts in rebuilding some of the buildings damaged by the windstorm.
“These items provided by the Federal Government through NEMA will go a long way in assisting those affected to stabilise and move on in life,” he quoted the director general as said.
The coordinator said that the approval of relief items to people affected by windstorm disaster in various villages of Aguleri community was done on April 11, 2021, after due assessment of the extent of damage caused by the windstorm.
In an address of welcome address, the President-General of Aguleri community, Chief Anthony Omazu, expressed gratitude to the Federal Government and NEMA for remembering and assisting the community in such a difficult time like this.
Omazu appreciated the NEMA Zonal Office for promptly assessing the affected areas during the unfortunate incident, hence the recommended relief assistance for the affected people to cushion the effect of the windstorm disaster.
One of the beneficiaries of the items, Mrs Chinyere Okeke, thanked the Federal Government and NEMA for bringing succour to her family after the windstorm blew and cut down most of her economic trees her family had been surviving on.
“I quite appreciate the good gesture of the Federal Government through NEMA and these items will go a long way to reduce the hardship being faced by my family since after the incident in April,” Okeke said.
Those who witnessed the distribution exercise from the community included Chief Obi Nnetuanya, Mr Chuks Kwazu (Ward Chairman), Mrs Munachi Okika (Woman Leader), Mrs Kwazu Ekene and Mrs Theresa Okafor.
On the ANSEMA team included: Mr Emeka Obinwanne, Representative of the Executive Secretary of ANSEMA and Mr Chukwudi Onyejekwe, Board Member, ANSEMA.
NAN