Ogun State government has taken delivery of relief materials of food and non-food items such as rice, beans, garri, maize, clothes, insecticidal nets, among others from the federal government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to give succour to those who suffered widespread flood and various disasters.
The state’s Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental 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 on the capacities of the 20 Local Government Areas, to allow them improve on, and implement disaster risk management strategies at the grassroots in line with global best practices. On his part, the Director-General, 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 wellbeing of the people.