Yobe Govt To Disburse N1.4 billion To 25,500 Flood Victims
By: Usman Ibrahim Geidam
The Yobe State Government has approved the disbursement of N1.4 billion to 25,500 flood victims across the 17 LGAs of the State.
The Commissioner Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Dr.Mairo Amshi, stated this to newsmen after the State Executive Council Meeting today.
She said, the State Executive Council led by Governor Mai Mala Buni has approved the amount to cushion the effect of flooding to the victims.
Dr Amshi, the amount of N1,436,500 billion will be distributed to the identified flood victims to 1500 beneficiaries per Local Government Area.
She said "Today the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management has submitted a memo to the council for Multipurpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) to 2024 flood victims as a Post Disaster Recovery at cost of N1,436,500 billion to cover all affected areas.
"Survey has been conducted, and we are yet to complete the surveys in all the 17 LGAs of the state, 150 target locations have been identified and we are still continuing with survey in identifying a total of 1500 flood victims in each of the Local Government Areas.
"The proposed Cash stimulus per head is N50,000 and we are working with the collaboration with other International organizations, partners and also some identified banks where these monies would be sent directly to the beneficiaries" She assured.
She gave the assurance that transparency and Accountability will be conducted throughout the exercise.
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