President Muhammadu Buhari has
directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to immediately provide
relief assistance to persons and communities affected by flood nationwide.
His spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a
statement on Friday, said the president’s reaction followed an updated brief by
NEMA on the magnitude of havoc wreaked by flash foods, rainstorm, windstorm and
fire incidents across the country.
He commiserated with loved ones
of victims who lost their lives, as well as those whose property perished.
“In order to ameliorate the negative
effects of these natural and in some cases, avoidable disasters, the President
has directed NEMA to immediately provide relief assistance to the affected
persons and communities in all the geo-political zones of the country”, it
added.
Buhari appealed to Nigerians to
without further hesitation, heed early warning instructions by relevant
government agencies intended to avert the negative consequences of such natural
occurrences in the country.
According to him, “It is
important that our people listen and immediately comply with early-warning
alerts and forecast by government bodies in order to save lives and property
from wanton destruction. As the saying goes, ‘a stitch in time saves nine.’”
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