By Miriam Humbe, Abuja
A Saudi Arabian humanitarian agency, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has announced a donation of food items to 7, 750 households of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) in three states in Nigeria.
The latest KSrelief food donation was to be distributed by NEMA in Borno, Yobe, and Kano States.
No fewer than 7,750 households comprising an estimated 46,500 persons have been profiled to benefit from the relief items.
NEMA’s Head of Public Relations, Manzo Ezekiel, said in a statement on Friday that the food items would be distributed by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
A team from KSrelief led by Mr Basheer Saleem Al-Sharari disclosed this during a visit to the NEMA headquarters in Abuja.
NEMA’s Director General, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, received the team and commended the humanitarian agency for the relief donation.
He recalled that KSrelief had previously donated food items, which were distributed by NEMA to many households affected by insurgency in Borno and Yobe States and banditry in Zamfara State.
He said the gesture by the humanitarian agency evidenced good friendship and brotherhood between Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as trustworthy partnership between NEMA and KSrelief.
He assured that NEMA would continue to ensure proper distribution of relief items meant for persons in need, especially those affected by disasters in the country.
In the manner of Oliver Twist, Ahmed therefore requested KSrelief to also extend support to Nigeria in the area of flood risk management in view of the devastating impacts of the 2022 flood that affected many communities and predictions of high probable repeat of last years’ experience.
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