The National Emergency Management Agency on Sunday said Boko Haram insurgents came on a robbery mission on Saturday night at Bale Shuwa village in Jere Local government of Borno state and made away with cows, sheep and goats.
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The National Emergency Management Agency said no fewer than 375, 142 persons were affected by flood disaster across ten local government areas of Anambra.
The National Emergency Management Agency has dismissed the alleged violation of public trust against the agency by the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Management.
Segun Afolayan, Acting Zonal Coordinator, NEMA, South West Zone, who confirmed this to newsmen on Friday in Lagos, urged the returnees to make good use of the second chance offered to them by God by forging ahead and making positive contributions to the development of the nation.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday rejected the report of the House of Representatives, which indicted it of poor management of relief items meant for 16 states.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Saturday distributed five truckloads of relief materials to flood victims in the Internally Displaced Persons camps in Mbiama, Akinima, Akiniso and Abuoha in Rivers.
NEMA Director-General, Mustapha Maihaja, who monitored the distribution of the materials to the victims at the IDPs camp in Lokoja, said that they were the second consignment being released to the state and other affected areas across the country.
Both agencies confirmed this in a joint statement signed by Vincent Owan, Director, Planning, Research and Forecasting NEMA and Abdulrazak Garba of the NGSA and made available to newsmen in Abuja.
Alhaji Bashir Garga, NEMA’s Northeast Zonal Coordinator, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri that 2, 940 persons were also displaced in the attack.
Walson Ibarakumo, the Coordinator, Enugu Zonal Office of NEMA, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Monday.
Yakubu Suleiman, NEMA’s Coordinator, Emergency Operation Centre in Rivers and Bayelsa, made the disclosure at a stakeholders meeting on Friday in Port Harcourt.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 1.20 am on Friday.
The advice is sequel to a motion, under matters of urgent public importance, moved by Hon. Uchechukwu Nnam-Obi at plenary, on the need to address the plight of communities sacked by flood in Rivers.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that between July and September this year, thousands of people were affected by the flood in 18 out of 21 local government areas of the state.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Sunday said 12 farmers were killed and 1,300 others displaced in separate attacks coordinated by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno.
This was sequel to a motion under matters of urgent public importance by Hon. Duoye Diri on the need to curb the unending cycle of severe flooding and grief in Bayelsa.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday said that 17,631 residents of Niger affected by the recent flood were in urgent need of relief materials.
Evans Ugoh, NEMA Coordinator Imo/Abia Operations Office, apportioned the blame in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Owerri on Monday after visiting the scene.
Alhaji Haruna Rigoji, Executive Secretary, Katsina State Emergency Management Agency, disclosed this during the distribution of relief materials to the remaining IDPs who are victims of flood disaster in Jibia town.
The National Emergency Management Agency in Niger on Saturday called on citizens, governments in all levels and the private sector, to take proactive measures on disaster reduction in the country.