The Federal Government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has delivered relief materials to Ogun State.
It consists of food and non-food items such as rice, beans, garri, maize, clothes, and insecticidal nets, among others, and it was sent to give succor to those who suffered widespread floods and various disasters.
The state’s Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Hon. Oluwafemi Ilori-Oduntan, while receiving the items at the Agro-Services Corporation, Asero, Abeokuta, on behalf of Governor Dapo Abiodun, assured that the relief items would be distributed to the 20 Local Government Areas.
Ilori-Oduntan, in a statement, stated that the present administration has consolidated the capacities of the 20 Local Government Areas, to allow them to improve on, and implement disaster risk management strategies at the grassroots in line with global best practices.
On his part, the Director-General, of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, represented by the Director, Special Duties in the Agency, Dr. Bandele Onimode said the intervention was a demonstration of the Federal Government’s concern about the welfare and well-being of the people.
