NEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Flood Victims In Anambra

The federal government, through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has distributed assorted food and clothing materials to the victims of this year’s flood in Ogbaru federal constituency of Anambra State.

The items brought for distribution to the flood victims included 400 bags of 25kg of rice, 400 bags of 25kg of beans, 200 cartons of spaghetti, 50 cartons of vegetable oil and 50 cartons of Maggi cubes.

The benefiting communities include Ossamala, Obeagwe, Akili-Ogidi, Ogwuikpele, Ogwuanocha and Umunankwo.

Head of operations in charge of the NEMA’s Enugu zonal office, Mrs Pricilia Madukwe accompanied by an official of the Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) as well as the coordinator of the state and Ogbaru Local government Emergency Management Committee, Hon. Nnamdi Esimai performed the symbolic flag off ceremony of the relief items distribution by presenting some of the items to some people from the affected communities at Iyiowa-Odekpe on Saturday.

The NEMA operational head told the beneficiaries that the Federal Government released the items to them following a distress report made to the Federal Government about the disaster by the member representing Ogbaru federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Victor Afam Ogene, wherein he appealed to the government to come to their assistance.

She explained further that following Ogene’s distress report, she led a team of other officials of her agency and visited the affected flood devastated communities and based on the agency’s finding and report the federal government directed that the relief items were brought to them.

Some of those gifted the items during the flag off distribution ceremony included a nursing mother, Mrs Nwakonobi Favour and a physically challenged, Mr Oliver Ozoma.

The beneficiaries eulogised the Federal Government and Hon Ogene for coming to their aid.

Favour narrated that her house was submerged during the flood disaster and all her household items destroyed while Ozoma added that his house was submerged in the flood water, his farm flooded and he lost all his farm crops including yam, cassava and potatoes.

Favour, Ozoma and several other people from the benefitting communities including Mr Oliver Inuchukwu and Uchechukwu Igwe from Ogwuikpele community praised Ogene for what they described as his “compassionate spirit” and the good representation he has been giving the people of the constituency at the National Assembly.