NEMA dash food and machines to 653 families wey flood affect for Kebbi

Six hundred and fifty-three families for Kebbi State wey flood spoil dia house or business for 2025 don collect food, mattress and equipment from di National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

Dem share di things for Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday under di Federal Government Presidential Post-Flood Intervention programme, di agency talk.

NEMA Director-General Zubaida Umar, wey di director of relief and rehabilitation, Abbani Garki stand for, give di numbers for last year disaster for di whole country. Di flood touch 128 local government areas, kill 241 people, affect 459,995 people and push 158,588 from dia house, she talk.

Farmland also lost, join with small business and public infrastructure. Umar put di destroyed farmland at 96,649, but di two reports on di event describe di measure different, one talk hectares and di other just talk farmlands.

Wetin each family go get

Di package for di 653 families get 500 bags of 25kg rice, 500 cartons of spaghetti and 250 cartons of vegetable oil. Also 500 foam mattresses, 250 nylon mats and 250 blankets.

Beyond di immediate relief, di things include tools wey go help families earn again: 83 grinding machines, 55 sewing machines and 15 tricycles for carrying load.

Umar talk say dem put families wey women head and people with disability first. She talk say di relief na only first step and families go still need help to rebuild.

She ask community leaders and beneficiaries to cooperate with officials so di exercise go smooth. NEMA talk say e dey work with Kebbi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), local government authorities and security agencies to keep di distribution transparent and fair.

Governor Nasir Idris, wey Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Sani Aliyu stand for, thank NEMA for standing with di state. He urge beneficiaries to use di things well, especially di livelihood and skills equipment, to improve dia families welfare.

SEMA chairman Kabiru Bako also welcome di intervention, talk say e go reduce hardship for di affected families.

Wetin go happen next

Umar talk say Federal Government still committed to help affected communities rebuild dia livelihoods and stand better for future disasters. She call for joint efforts by federal and state governments, local authorities, civil society and citizens to improve disaster preparedness and response.

For di families for Birnin Kebbi, di immediate test na whether di equipment go turn to income. Di grinding machines and sewing machines dey meant to help families earn again after di flood carry dia means of living.