January 09, (THEWILL) – No fewer than 15,000 most vulnerable households affected by 2022/23 flood are to benefit from Federal Government Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention, SNELEI across the 27 local government areas of Borno state.
Speaking at the flagging off the intervention for victims in Borno state, the Director General of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mustapha Habib, made this known in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
Represented by the Team Leader of SNELEI in Borno, Aliyu Shehu, said 660,884 households were selected and verified to benefit from the intervention nationwide.
“I am extremely delighted to witness this very important occasion of the flag off of distribution of support items to beneficiaries of the Special National Economic Intervention (SNELEI).
“You recalled that the Federal Government approved this intervention specifically for people affected by 2022 flood disaster and those classified as the most vulnerable persons across the country.
“Following the flood, search and rescue operations were successfully conducted in several locations where trapped persons were rescued and given necessary care. Immediately after the flood incident, damage and loss assessment were conducted and relief items approved by the Federal Government were delivered across the States to complement initial intervention by the state Governments.
“Furthermore, based on the Assessment which were jointly conducted by the NEMA and State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAS), the Federal Government approved this
special intervention to assist vulnerable persons across the country and those affected by the flood to support their quick return to normalcy.
“This intervention is also expected to drive the sustainable socio-economic resilience of the targeted most vulnerable individuals”, he said.
He said the gesture is not only peculiar to Borno, as all the 36 states of the federation including Abuja benefitted from the exercise.
“Households verified and slated to benefit from the special intervention in Borno State received the following items: bags of Rice, Beans, Sorghum, Vegetable oil, Seasoning cube salt, tomato paste and millet.
“Other non-food items include; Mosquito Nets, Nylon Mats, Plastic Buckets, Toilets Soap, foam mattresses and detergent, Herbicide, Pesticide, Growth enhancer, water pump and Knapsack Sprayer, while other livelihood items are grinding and sewing machines among others”, he disclosed.
The governor, who was represented by Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Hon. Bukar Tijjani said, the gesture is timely, considering the massive number of agricultural inputs such as water pump machines, and Knapsack Sprayers, Rice and Sorghum, Cowpea seeds, Herbicide, Pesticide, Growth enhancer, as well as other livelihood interventions such as Grinding and sewing machines donated and unveiled to the vulnerable people and victims of flood disaster in the state.
“On behalf of the Government and people of Borno state, we appreciate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the gesture, as this SNELEI would go along way in ameliorating the economic hardship and suffering of flood victims in the state”, Zulum said.
Earlier in his welcome address, the North East Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Alhaji Sirajo Garba Maidugu thanked the federal government and governor Babagana Zulum for the collaborative efforts in providing soccer to the less privileged ones in the society.
He then advise the beneficiaries to make proper use of the items to improve their socio-economic condition, even as he enjoined them to be orderly during the distribution exercise as all those verified will receive their items.
I am Ladi Dapson, a general writer with thewill. I cover Borno and Yobe states respectively.
I based Maiduguri, Borno State Capital.
I can be reached via [email protected].
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