Redcross distributes N39M cash to victims of 2022 flood in Niger State.
Nigerian Redcross Society in collaboration with the International Federation of Redcross lFRC has distributed cash amounting to over Thirty Nine million Naira to the one thousand two hundred and fifty victims of 2022 Flood disaster in Niger state.
The Head of the cash distribution programme in Niger state and an ICT officer from the National Society Headquarters in Abuja, Mister Sakariyau Ahmed Balaji disclosed this while speakimg during the cash distribution exercise held in Lavun,Wushishi and Shiroro local Government Areas of the state over the weekend.
He said according to the breakdown Five hundred beneficiaries were from Lavun,Five hundred again from Wushishi while the remaining two hundred and fifty beneficiaries were drawn from Shiroro local Government respectively.
Mister Sakariyau Ahmed Balaji said the Redcross movements in Nigeria deemed it fit in their usual manner of supporting victims of natural disasters are in Niger State again to support the victims of 2022 Flood disasters.
He said the distribution exercise has been conducted peacefully devoid of any fracas across the three local Government areas that were worstly affected by the flood according to their records and reports.
Mister Sakariyau Ahmed Balaji stated that each of the one thousand two hundred and fifty beneficiaries has collected thirty thousand five hundred Naira only as token from the Redcross movements in Nigeria.
The Head of the cash transfer program in the state announced that the beneficiaries from the three local Government areas are captured and registered since last year by the Redcross based on their assessment and data collection from the affected people by the flood in the state.
Also while addressing the beneficiaries before the cash distribution,the Niger state Branch Secretary of Redcross,Mister Gideon Adamu Paiko emphasized that the people of Niger state will forever remain grateful to the Redcross movements in Nigeria for what they have been doing to the people of the state.
The state Branch Secretary opined that Redcross has been supporting and assisting the people of the state for so many years in every aspect of human endeavors and hoped that it would be sustained.
Mister Gideon Adamu Paiko maintained that the cash distribution to the victims of 2022 Flood victims will go along way to cushion the effects of the damaged done to them by the flood in the state.
He thanked Redcross movements in Nigeria for what he described as unprecedented and wonderful the scintillating gesture to the people of Niger state.
The state Branch Secretary advised the beneficiaries to judiciously make use of the money given to them to better their lots.
The Branch Secretary then urged the state Government to complement the efforts of the Nigerian Redcross Society to come up with some support programs with a view to alleviating the sufferings of the victims.
Responding some of the beneficiaries from the three local Government Areas affected by the Flood,Fatima Yahaya Sharif, Abdullahi Mohammed and Habiba Mohammed appreciated and acknowledged the tremendous financial support and assistance they have received from the Redcross movements and prayed God to reward them,uplift the organization and protect every member of the Redcross in their day to day activities.
The beneficiaries then assured the Redcross of judicious utilization of the money given to them.
