NEDC Assists Gombe Flood Victims With Food Items, Others

North East Development Commission (NEDC) has assisted victims of floods in Gombe State with food items and clothes.

The flood had wreaked havoc in parts of the state which led to the death of 13 people and destruction of many houses in this year’s rainy season.

The managing director of the commission, Mohammed Alkali who presented the relief materials to the victims through the state government, explained that that the items include; 10, 000 bags of rice, 3, 000 gallons of vegetable oil, 5, 000 pieces of blankets, 5, 000 pieces of mats, 5, 000 bundles of wrappers, 3, 000 bundles of cotton clothes and 3, 000 pieces of children wears.

According to him, during the recent World Humanitarian Day held in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the commission made some pronouncements to support all the six states of the region in terms of palliative through the Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

Alkali said the commission has since handed over that of Borno State to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum and Yobe State to the deputy governor Idi Barde Gubana and now Gombe State.

Responding, the Gombe State deputy governor Manasseh Jatau who received the items on behalf of the government promised that it would reach those it was meant for. While thanking the NEDC for the gesture, the deputy governor appealed for more interventions from the commission to the state.