NEMA delivers relief to victims of Oyo storm

As windstorm wreaked havoc in Ibadan, the National Emergency Management Agency at the weekend delivered relief items to assist the affected residents to rebuild their homes, which were destroyed by the disaster.
The Director of Relief and Rehabilitation of NEMA, Eugene Eze, who delivered the items in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, alerted of the predicted high rainfall this year and urged communities to cooperate with the government in preparation for likely floods, which may occur in many parts of the country.
Eze said the Agency has already commenced a series of consultation and awareness to prevent the disaster where possible and minimize the impacts in unavoidable circumstances.
Eze said the relief items were delivered on behalf of the Federal Government.
A member of the House of Representatives representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, Ibrahim Olaifa, whose area was affected by the storm and witnessed the delivery of the relief items, commended the timely response of NEMA to the disaster.
Olaifa, however, urged the Agency to remain focused and proactive, especially in the face of the increasing incidence of disasters in the country.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, the Chairman of Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, Ayodeji Aleshinloye, also appreciated NEMA for the relief assistance, noting that the gesture was timely and complementary to the earlier intervention from the state and local governments.
The items delivered were building materials, including bags of cement, bundles of roofing sheets, nails, planks as well as bags of rice and other household items for the affected persons in Oluyole, Ibadan North East and Ibadan South West Local Government Areas of Oyo State.
It will recalled that communities in the identified three local government areas of Oyo State were devastated by the windstorms, which occurred on February 17, 2013.
The day after the disaster, NEMA officials were at the affected areas and conducted the rapid assessment, the basis for the relief items that were approved and delivered to the affected residents.