Senate Leader Partners NEMA To Distribute Relief Materials To Ekiti Rainstorm Victims

Senate leader of the 10th National Assembly, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has distributed relief materials worth millions of naira to thousands of rainstorm victims in Ekiti Central Senatorial District of Ekiti State.

The relief materials distributed in partnership with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were predominantly for the beneficiaries whose buildings were ravaged by the stormy rain that hit the communities on February 11, 2026, rendering hundreds of residents homeless in the process.

The victims captured for materials were drawn from Irepodun/Irepodun, Ado, Efon and Ijero Local Government areas, all in Ekiti Central Senatorial District of the state.

Distributing the materials to the beneficiaries at different locations across the councils, Senator Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, revealed that the intervention was geared towards palliating the sufferings of the rainstorm victims and offer them a lifeline at this challenging moment.

Senator Bamidele, represented by his Senior Legislative Assistant, Hon Gbenga Banji, sympathised with the victims of the rainstorm disaster, describing the food items and other materials donated as capable of offering temporary reliefs, pending the time their ravaged houses would be rebuilt.

The federal lawmaker said he was sad upon getting wind of the devastating occurrence, saying the prompt facilitation of the palliative materials through NEMA would help in offering the required hope to the victims at this period of trial.

He averred that he was aware of the trauma and harrowing experiences associated with disasters, saying this propelled him to quickly approach NEMA to offer a helping hand and mitigate the excruciating pains attached to such incidents on the victims.

“These food palliatives and other materials were facilitated through me as the representative of the good people of Ekiti Central Senatorial District to help the rainstorm victims at this period of grief.

“It was saddening and devastating seeing hundreds of buildings being blown off by windstorms at a time when people didn’t prepare for such. I know what they are passing through and this gesture is to show empathy and solidarity that we are with them.

“I want to appeal to our people to always take precautionary measures to avert some of these occurrences through proper maintenance of building structures, planting of trees around residential areas and proper channelisation where necessary to prevent flooding that often happens on a yearly basis”.

The NEMA’s Director General, Mrs.  Zubaida Umar, described disaster as something that is always sudden, which  makes it imperative for residents to always take precautionary

measures to prevent being caught in the web of rainstorm, flooding and other associated vices.

Umar commended Senator Bamidele for quickly approaching the agency to seek emergency help for his constituents, branding the gesture as accentuating good representation and display of empathy for the distraught residents.