Jigawa begins second flood relief round for 2025 victims
- Jigawa and the Federal Government have started a second round of relief for people displaced by the 2025 floods.
- Punch reported 610 beneficiaries at the Warwade camp; Leadership and Daily Post put the figure at about 700 households.
- The items include rice, mattresses, sewing machines, grinding machines and cargo tricycles.
Jigawa State has begun handing out a fresh round of relief materials and work equipment to people displaced by the 2025 floods, with support from the Federal Government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
The flag-off held at the Warwade camp for internally displaced persons in Dutse, the state capital, and came as the 2026 rainy season ended.
The state Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Sankara, said President Bola Tinubu approved the additional support under a federal programme for states hit by the 2025 floods. He thanked the President for what he called a show of concern for flood victims.
The number of beneficiaries is not agreed. Punch reported that 610 verified victims received items, while Leadership and Daily Post both put the figure at about 700 households. Punch said those left out of the first round were added this time.
What was shared
According to the commissioner, the package included 500 bags of 25kg rice, 250 cartons of spaghetti, 250 cartons of vegetable oil, 500 foam mattresses, 250 nylon mats and 250 blankets.
There were also tools meant to help people earn again: 54 pumping machines, 48 grinding machines, 40 sewing machines and 10 cargo tricycles.
Sankara recalled that the state, through its State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), moved quickly after the floods last year. He said it gave out more than 11,000 bags of rice, beans and maize in 10kg and 25kg sizes, plus cash and other food items, and improved seeds for farmers.
The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Hannafi Yakubu, said the exercise was timely and well targeted. Asked whether it was tied to coming elections, he said: “There is no politics in this. This is purely humanitarian assistance approved long ago to complement what the state already did.”
Officials from NEMA, SEMA, the EFCC, the ICPC, the Red Cross, the DSS, the police and the NSCDC monitored the distribution.
What happens next
Beneficiaries at the camp said the items would help them restart. Audu Garba of Auyo said the rice and mattress would help his family after their losses. Fatima Sule of Hadejia, who said she was not captured last year, received a sewing machine and said she can start her business again. Ibrahim Musa of Dutse said his pumping machine would help him return to his farm.
The sources did not say how many more households are still waiting for help, or when another round might come.
