The Federal Government on Friday donated relief items estimated at several millions of naira to flood victims in Akwa Ibom State.
This was as it urged the state government to set up local government emergency committees in the 36 local government areas of the state, as well as set aside predictable funding to the State Emergency Management Agency, to save lives during disasters.
The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Ahmed, made the appeal in Uyo, the state capital, during the hand-over of the relief items to the state governor, Udom Emmanuel.
He explained that the need to set up Local Government Emergency Management Committees in all the LGAs was in line with the best practices to take disasters risk management to the grassroots.
Responding, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Moses Ekpo, appreciated the FG’s prompt responses to victims of flooding in the state
