BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) north east zonal office in Maiduguri, yesterday released another batch of 80,000 bags of rice, maize, beans and Sugar for the feeding of 1.6 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at various resetlement camps and other satellite centres across Borno State with a view to addressing malnutrition and other related humanitarian needs.

The Agency also released 2,100 cartoons of Maggi cubes and 2,400 jerrycans of vegetable oil for consumption by the IDPs beginning from this month of October to November.

This was disclosed by the North East Coordinator of NEMA, Mallam Mohammed Kanar, during the flagging-off of another round of distribution/presentation of relief items to officials of State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for onward delivery to IDPs in the state.

The occasion took place at the central store of NEMA, north east office in Maiduguri, with prominent state government officials in attendance.

Kanar, however, said the decision to hand over these items to the Chairman of SEMA, Engineer Ahmed Satomi, was based on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NEMA and SEMA, so as to complement efforts of the state government and other humanitarian agencies in taking care of victims of insurgency in the region.

“We in NEMA are glad to hand over yet another set of relief items for onward delivery to our IDPs in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and Jere Local Government Area.

These stock-piled relief items which we are handing over is for for the month of October to November, 2016. This is with exception of other IDPs who were residing in about 13 resettlement camps across some council areas of the state, which NEMA also carters for.”