National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has flagged off distribution of food items donated by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to 2,056 vulnerable households in Kano State.
Speaking during the flag-off ceremony, Director Ggeneral of NEMA, Zubaida Umar revealed that the donation was to assist the most vulnerable people in the state given the current food insecurity driven by economic downturn which has impacted a substantial segment of the population of Nigeria.
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The NEMA boss, represented by the director of special duties, Fatima Kassim, said the food baskets will be handed over to the already enlisted individual household heads jointly enumerated by NEMA and the Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).
Each household, she explained, is expected to have 59.8 kilograms basket of food items consisting of 25kg of rice, 25kg of beans, 4kg of masa vita flour, two litres of vegetable oil, 2kg of tomato paste, 0.8kg of seasoning cubes and salt.
“At a later date we are going to perform the same distribution exercise in Jigawa and Katsina states,” she added.
However, she warned beneficiaries not to sell the items but make good of the intervention to bring succor to their families.
In a remarks, representative of King Salman Centre, Abdulrahaman Abdulaziz, said the relief is in an effort to provide relief of 5,662 baskets in some selected cities of Nigeria to support beneficiaries in alleviating their sufferings.
According to him, the distribution is an extension of relief and humanitarian efforts provided by the government of Saudi Arabia.
Kano State deputy governor, Dr Abdulsalam Aminu then thanked the king for the donation, urging the beneficiaries to extend the love to others around them by sharing what was given to them especially in this hard time.
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