The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to Internally Displaced Persons in Edo State.
Presenting the items to the IDPs at the Home for the Needy, in Uhogua, Edo State, Dahiru Yusuf, the Head of Operation, NEMA Zonal office in Benin, said the donation was to cushion the effect of the harsh economic condition.
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Items donated include, garri, rice, beans, vegetable oil, seasonings, mats, soaps, tin tomatoes, diapers, children and adults clothes, mattresses, blankets, mosquito nets, beverages, milk, plastic plates and spoons, buckets, among others.
Salami Lukman Head, Edo State Management Agency, commended the federal government for putting smile on the faces of the IDPs in the state.
On his part, the camp Coordinator, Pastor Folorunsho Solomon, noted that the federal government meets them at their point of need because there has been hunger in the camp before the donation.
