The lawmaker representing Ondo East/West federal constituency in the green chamber of the National Assembly, Abiola Makinde, on Monday, carried out the distribution of relief materials from the Federal Government which he facilitated through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), for flood victims in the constituency.
Recall that Makinde, had promised the flood victims that he will deploy all at his disposal to ensure they get succour to cushion the effect of the flood which led to the loss of some of their personal belongings last October.
According to Makinde, the distribution of the items ranging from food items, sewing machines and grinding machines among others was witnessed by officials of NEMA and the Ondo State Emergency Management Agency.
Makinde, who is the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Human Right, also informed that the already documented victims of flood were the actual beneficiaries of the relief materials.
He noted that:”This is the first batch of the relief materials, stating that more items such as bags of cement, roofing sheets, mattresses and other relief materials are still being expected.
He said:”While this distribution of relief materials is being done, flooding areas already identified are being worked. Example of this is Itanla in Ondo town. Other areas are going to be worked on before we enter another rainy season to forestall reoccurrence.
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