Relief Intervention: 200 Trucks have been delivered to Northeast … DG NEMA

Relief Intervention: 200 Trucks have been delivered to Northeast … DG NEMA

The Director General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Engr. Mustapha Maihaja has said a total of 200 trucks out of 1,032of assorted relief intervention by the Federal Government have so far been conveyed to Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi and Gombe States. He stated this when he inspected the facilities of the three milling companies in Kano.

He said the Agency has taken effective measures to ensure that trailers conveying relief items to the north east were not diverted by installing tracker to monitor the movement and  armed police escorts till they reach to their final destination.

NEMA Commences Door-Door Distribution of Emergency Relief to IDP

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

 

Press release

 

NEMA Commences Door-Door Distribution of Emergency Relief to IDP

 

The National Emergency Management Agency has commenced door-to-door distribution of 30,000 metric tonnes of emergency food intervention with Bakassi IDPs Camp in Maiduguri Borno state.

 

The Director General of NEMA, Engr. Mustapha Maihaja said the agency under his watch is determined to bring sanity to humanitarian intervention by adopting door to door distribution in order to serve the affected persons in dignity without subjecting them to avoidable stress of having to stand in long queues under the sun or rain.

 

He made the statement during a meeting held with UNOCHA officials in Maiduguri, Borno state.

 

He said the relief distribution, which was going to be a quarterly, would entail the distribution of Millet,Sorghum,Bean, Rice, Soya beans, and Maize  to IDPs in the camps and those in host communities in Borno, Yobe Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe and Bauch states.

 

The DG who sought the assistance of UN humanitarian organizations said “ we will like to share with you what we have in this project, and where we want humanitarian actors here in the North east to collaborate with us, so that this program would be a success”. 

 

Some of the beneficiaries at Bakassi IDP camp who were interviewed expressed their happiness and thanked the federal Government for bring sufficient foods to their doorsteps and appealed for continuation.

 

 

 

Sani Datti

Head, Media and Public relations

12^th June 2017

FG Distributes Special Relief Intervention in the North East

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Press advisory


FG Distributes Special Relief Intervention in the North East

The Federal Government will distribute 30,000 metric tonnes (1,032 trucks) of cereal directly to affected persons in the Northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi and Gombe. The exercise is expected to be flagged off by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo on Thursday 8th June, 2017 in Maiduguri, Borno State.
         
This special relief intervention has the objective of highlighting the strategies that would be adopted for distribution of relief materials approved by the federal government for displaced persons in the North East in accordance with the humanitarian principles.

It will also serves as litmus test for full cycle of intervention adapting world best practices while considering our own local peculiarities, exhibiting the best of transparency, accountability and in full consideration of the protection and integrity of the affected persons.

Each household beneficiary would be issued with a voucher, which is redeemed at the receipt of the household allocation of the food basket. It also involves taking the materials to the doorsteps of the affected persons.

The distribution, which is based on Dry ration calculations of 6 persons per household and food ration per individual for 30days at 280grams x30/1000k = 8.4 kg times individual requirement per household, is 50.4 kg.

Relief intervention will be also airlifted for areas that have inaccessible roads or security threat by the Nigeria Air force.

The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Engr. Mustapha Maihaja said adequate measures have been put in place to ensure that the distribution was done in transparent manners for optimal accomplishment of task and operational objectives.



Sani Datti
Head, Media and Public Relations
7th June 2017