By Miriam Humbe, Abuja
In the spirit of Ramadan, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is set to distribute assorted food items to 7,750 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camps and host communities in Borno, Yobe and Kano States on behalf of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief).
The food items donated by KSrelief consist of:
a. 7,750 bags (25kg) of rice
b. 7,750 bags (25kg) of beans
c. 7,750 packaged (4kg) of masa vita flour
d. 7,750 gallons (2 litres) of vegetable oil
e. 7,750 packaged (1kg) of salt
f. 7,750 packaged (2kg) tomato paste
g. 7,750 packaged (0.8kg) seasoning
A press statement signed by NEMA’s Head, Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel on Saturday said that the food distribution would be based on a standard food basket where each beneficiary household would receive a bag of rice (25kg), bag of beans (25kg), masa vita flour (4kg), vegetable oil (2litres), salt (1kg), tomato paste (2kg) and seasoning (0.8kg)
In preparation for the food distribution, NEMA had conducted detailed profiling of the target beneficiaries at the identified camps and host communities.
A breakdown of the target beneficiaries is as follows:
A. Borno State -5300
B. Yobe State – 2250
C. Kano state -200
The relief food donation by KSrelief, a humanitarian aid Agency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was a continuation of assistance to persons affected by insurgency and disasters in Nigeria.
The Saudi agency had previously donated similar food items that were distributed to victims of insurgency in Borno and Yobe States as well as persons affected by armed banditry in Zamfara State.
Recall that between 2018 and 2019, KSrelief donated a total of 140,468 baskets of food items that were distributed to the IDPs affected by insurgency in Borno and Yobe States.
Furthermore, in 2021, the Saudi agency donated another set of 16,688 relief food baskets that were distributed again in Borno, Yobe, and Zamfara States.
Last year, KS relief also provided another set of 16,000 food items that were distributed and concluded early this January.
It would, therefore, be the fourth time that KSrelief relief food donation will be distributed through NEMA.
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