Yobe approves cash assistance for flood victims

Yobe approves cash assistance for flood victims

By: Yahaya Wakili

Yobe State Executive Council has approved the sum of N1,436.500,000 for the Multipurpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) to 2024 flood victims as a force disaster recovery strategy to cover all the affected areas.

The Commissioner, Ministry of Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Dr. Mairo Ahmed Amshi, started this while briefing the journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting chaired by His Excellency, Governor Mai Mala Buni CON, at Government House, Damaturu.

“They have been conducted, and we are yet to complete the survey in all the 17 local government areas of the state. 150 targeted locations have been identified, and we are still continuing to survey and identify the total of 1,500 flood victims in each of the local government areas,” she said.

“We proposed cash stimuli per head is $50,000, and we are working on collaboration with other international organization partners and also some identified banks where this money will be sent directly to the beneficiaries.

On his part, the Commissioner Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Ali Mustapha Goneri, said the contracts that were awarded and the memos were presented to the Executive Council for consideration and retification.

The council has approved the procurement of multi-billion-naira agricultural inputs and distributed them to farmers. These inputs were taken to various local government areas and to the various wards, and we were able to empower about 7,000 farmers. The inputs include tractors, fertilizers, seeds and seedlings, and other agricultural implements such as treshers, planters, etc.

“We also procured solar power water pumps for our irrigation farmers; we were able to identify about 30 beneficiaries across 178 wards of Yobe State, and we delivered these inputs to them; beside that, we also identified some genuine farmers across the state and were giving these agricultural inputs.

“These were taking place across the globe, and we have gotten a lot of commendation both nationally and internationally on these His Excellency’s achievements towards the agriculture sector.

Yobe approves cash assistance for flood victims