By Emeka Mamah & By Francis Igata

Enugu—The Presidential Committee on Flood and Fire Relief Materials and Distribution to Victims has expressed concern over alleged high level of negligence, poor and negative attitude of Nigerians towards ecological problems and policies.

Chairman of the committee, Mr. John Owoicho, made the observations when he donated relief materials to victims of the 2015 flood and fire disasters in Enugu State, on behalf of the Federal Government, yesterday.

He said that such negative tendencies were some of the major causes of fire and flood disasters in the country.

Owoicho explained that despite its numerous challenges, government was ready to assist and rehabilitate the victims to get back to their former positions through the provision and distribution of relief items to them through their state governments.

According to him, the committee members were in Enugu to sympathise with the victims and make some items available for distribution to them, stressing that since natural disasters were unavoidable phenomena, government would not relent in its effort to bring the victims back to life, urging the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the items.

The Executive Secretary, Enugu State Emergency Management Agency, ESEMA, Mr. Josephat Offor, received the materials, pledging that the items would be judiciously distributed to the beneficiaries, with the help of recorded data.

The materials include bags of rice, beans, salt and gari, corrugated iron sheets, towels, mosquito nets, buckets, blankets, bags of cement, gallons of vegetable oil, palm oil and cartons of assorted tomato paste.