The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Monday, distributed relief materials worth millions of naira to about 100 persons displaced by insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country, camped in Abuja.
Distributing the items at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the FCT, the Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Sidi, said the gesture was to alleviate their hardship.
Represented by Mr Ishaya Chonoko, the Head of Abuja Operation Office of NEMA, Sani-Sidi said items distributed include bags of rice, beans, maize, salt, guinea corn, millet and gallons of groundnut oil.
Others, he said, include cartons of tin tomatoes, buckets, slippers and toiletries.
The NEMA boss added that "our reason for giving these items is because it is our responsibility, these people have lost everything they have, including food and where to sleep.
"Government decided to provide these materials to provide succour to these people. These people are from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.’’
He, however, said NEMA was faced with the challenge of trying to separate the IDPs from non IDPs because of the large turnout of people to collect the items.
According to him, the Agency will soon establish a reliable IDPs camp in Abuja to accommodate all displaced persons in order to avoid a mix up with non-IDPs.
The director-general also said that NEMA’s decision to brand all the items brought to the people would prevent the materials from being sold in the market.
He urged beneficiaries of the materials to be of good conduct while in the camp.
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