Benue Killings: Nasarawa donates N50m relief materials to displaced persons
Nasarawa State Government, on Sunday, donated relief materials worth N50 million to internally-displaced persons (IDPs) from Benue State at the state’s border communities as a result of the attacks by suspected herdsmen.
Silas Agara, the deputy governor, who announced the items for distribution in Lafia, the state capital, explained that the materials were procured on the directive of Governor Al-Makura for the IDPs in Awe and Keana local government areas of the state.
The deputy governor said more than 15,000 persons including women, children and the aged, were currently housed in camps in the area, adding that the relief materials were to ameliorate the hardship being faced by the displaced persons.
He said adequate security arrangements had been made to avoid diversion and ensure that the items were delivered to the targeted people.
Agara said government officials and the leadership of the various cultural associations in the affected areas had been co-opted to ensure equitable distribution of the items.
Items donated include: 100 bags of rice, 2,000 tubers of yam, 50 bags of Garri, 5,000 mats, 1,000 mattresses, 20 bags of beans, 20 bags of sugar, condiments as well as medical facilities to take care of their health needs.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Boniface Ifer, president of the Tiv Development Association (TIDA), lauded the donor and assured equitable distribution of the items.
