BY KUNLE KALEJAYE

The Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation has unfolded its plans to raise N100 billion to complement government’s efforts at bringing succour to the victims of the recent floods across the country.

The committee, which is co-chaired by business mogul, Aliko Dangote and legal luminary, Olisa Agbakoba, hopes to bring smile back on the faces of the displaced persons who are currently sheltered in make-shift camps in different parts of the country.

A letter to the invitees was co-signed by Dangote and Agbakoba.

The letter read in part: “In the last few weeks, excessive flooding has ravaged many parts of our country rendering millions of our compatriots homeless, scores of lives lost, property and farmlands destroyed with economic activities in the affected areas seriously dislocated and hampered.

“Although we may have witnessed several natural disasters in the past, none in scale and scope, compares with what we currently experience.

“In response to this untold misery and desperate situation, His Excellency, Mr. President, had, on October 11, 2012, established the Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation with a clear mandate to urgently explore and implement ways of bringing succour to and help rehabilitate all those that have been affected, so that they can resume their normal lives in the shortest possible time.

“We are pleased to formally notify you that, in furtherance of our mandate and under the auspices of Mr. President, a Fund-Raising Dinner will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Aso Rock Abuja.”