NEMA Distributes Relief To 2,571 Disaster-Hit Households In Five States

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed aid supplies to households affected by floods, windstorms, landslides and fireplace disasters in 5 states.

The company stated it accomplished post-flood help to 2,571 households in Ondo, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states.

The interventions cowl Cross River, Bauchi, Edo, Ondo and Kebbi states between November 4 and 6, 2026, in line with separate statements printed by the company on its official X web page on Sunday.

In Cross River State, NEMA, by way of its Uyo Operations Office, started distributing aid supplies to residents affected by flooding in Calabar Municipality and Calabar South Local Government Areas, in addition to a landslide in Ikot Anwatim group, Calabar Municipality.

The train, held on Friday, November 6, was performed in collaboration with the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (CR-SEMA), Local Emergency Management Committees, the Nigerian Red Cross Society, the Department of State Services and different safety companies.

The intervention focused households whose properties, farmlands and livelihoods have been broken or destroyed by the disasters.

Speaking on the flag-off ceremony on behalf of NEMA’s Director-General, Zubaida Umar, the crew chief, Awoji Augustine, an Assistant Chief Accountant, conveyed the Federal Government’s sympathy to the affected communities.

The Director-General of CR-SEMA, represented by the company’s accountant, Emmanuel Odu, thanked the Federal Government and NEMA for the intervention.

Two beneficiaries, Ogechi Michael and Mary Victor, additionally stated the aid supplies would assist cushion the results of the disasters on affected households.

In Bauchi State, NEMA distributed aid supplies to households affected by flooding and windstorms in Alkaleri/Kirfi Federal Constituency.

The intervention, carried out by way of the company’s Gombe Operations Office, was led by Mohammed Garba, who represented the Head of Operations, Ummuna Ahmed.

In her message to beneficiaries, Ahmed urged them to make even handed use of the supplies, saying the intervention was supposed to supply instant help, ease their hardship and help their restoration.

The train was attended by the legislative aide to the member representing Alkaleri/Kirfi Federal Constituency and different stakeholders.

In Edo State, NEMA additionally distributed aid supplies to merchants and different victims of the petroleum tanker fireplace at Oluku Market in Ovia North-East Local Government Area.

The distribution, performed on Wednesday, November 4, comprised 300 luggage of 25kg rice, 300 cartons of spaghetti, 50 cartons of vegetable oil, 5 stitching machines and 5 pumping machines.

The Head of NEMA’s Benin Operations Office, represented by the Assistant Chief Executive Officer in control of Disaster Risk Reduction, conveyed the Director-General’s sympathy to the victims.

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, counseled the Federal Government and NEMA for the intervention, whereas the market girls’s chief, Vincent Helen, and different affected merchants expressed appreciation for the help.

Meanwhile, NEMA stated it had accomplished its Presidential Post-Flood Intervention for 641 households affected by the 2025 floods in Ondo State.

The three-day verification and distribution train, which ended on Wednesday, November 4, lined all 641 households accepted for help.

According to the company, 402 households acquired help on the primary day, 199 on the second day and the remaining 40 on the ultimate day.

Under the livelihood help part, NEMA distributed 74 grinding machines, 72 stitching machines and 5 cargo tricycles, bringing the full variety of livelihood help objects to 151.

All 641 households additionally acquired meals and non-food aid supplies, with 320 beneficiaries reached on the primary day, 158 on the second day and 163 on the ultimate day.

The company stated it subsequently accomplished excellent subject actions, together with demobilisation, website clearance and last group debriefings.

In a associated growth, NEMA concluded its 2025 Post-Flood Intervention in Kebbi State, bringing the full variety of beneficiaries reached throughout Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states to 1,930.

The intervention in Kebbi lined seven native authorities areas, the place households affected by the 2025 floods acquired meals objects, non-food supplies and livelihood help.