The federal government has
donated 30,000 tonnes of drugs, medical equipment, insecticide treated nets and
$500,000 to the Republic of Malawi.
In March, Malawi was hit by
Cyclone Idai which caused the death of at least 60 persons and destroyed not
less than 86,000 houses and public infrastructure.
On Monday, Geoffrey Onyeama,
minister of foreign affairs, led a delegation to Lilongwe, capital of the
country.
He handed over the relief
materials to Nicholas Dausi, the minister of homeland security and disaster
management affairs of the Republic of Malawi.
Onyeama said Nigeria had a
special duty and responsibility to be a “big brother” in Africa, adding that
any tragedy or misfortune that befalls any African country also affects
Nigeria.
The minister also extended the
sympathy of Buhari to the people of the country.
“We share this burden and the
loss with you in this country, “Onyeama said.
“When the hurricane happened,
Nigeria was conducting election, nevertheless, President Buhari instructed us
that as quickly as possible we had to mobilise resources to bring to this
country.
“We mobilised over 8,000 medical
items, equipment to assist and also cash donation of 500,000 U.S dollars.
“The amount is huge, 30, 000
tonnes of items , which will be transported to Malawi in the next one or two
weeks maximum.
“Some of our big transporters
C130 will deliver the equipment maybe in two trips but we sent some of the
equipment with a small plane, for this occasion.
“Please, accept our deepest
sympathy and the statistics are very disturbing, 86 000 people displaced, with
some deaths and injured.”
Responding, Dausi thanked the
federal government for the assistance , which he said would go a long away to
help victims of the disaster.
“On behalf of the Government of
the Republic of Malawi and the people that are scattered across 67 camps in the
disaster and over 886,000 people affected, I want to sincerely express our deep
thanks for your thoughtfulness,” Dausi said.
He said Malawi had benefited a
lot from Nigeria in the areas of education and other sectors since 1960, adding
that Nigeria had rendered both human and material support to Malawi during the
struggle to end apartheid.
He also congratulated Buhari on
his re-election and wished him a successful second tenure.
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