Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, who doubles as the Chairman, National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, says it has provided N250 million as relief assistance to victims of the flood in Benue. Benue Flood: Dangote donates N250m to victims.
This comes after about 110,000 families were displaced by the torrential downpour which created a huge flood and destroyed a lot of properties. The families since then have been taking shelter at the Internally Displaced Persons’, IDP camp in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
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Benue Flood: Dangote donates N250m to victims
Dangote, on Sunday in Lagos State, said the approval of the said amount was in response to the request by the Benue State Government.
Recall, the former President Goodluck Jonathan had on October 11, 2012, inaugurated the Dangote-led 34-member National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation – charged with raising additional funds to support the government’s efforts to provide adequate relief and post-impact rehabilitation to persons and communities affected by floods in the country.
The committee had also approved the release of one of its completed IDP Hostels in the state as a temporary shelter for some of the displaced people.
According to the committee chairman, asides the donation to Benue, his committee had also donated N150 million to provide relief assistance to flood victims in Anambra.
The committee had also released N118 million to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) – to augment the N1.6 billion released by the Federal Government for procurement of food and non-food relief materials in aid of flood victims in 16 states.
The states are Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Abuja FCT, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau and Sokoto. The committee was currently implementing the various projects in the 24 states affected by the 2012 nationwide floods. Dangote said that the rationale behind the projects was to assist the benefiting states to better handle future emergencies, including flooding.
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The committee was currently implementing the various projects in the 24 states affected by the 2012 nationwide floods. Dangote said that the rationale behind the projects was to assist the benefiting states to better handle future emergencies, including flooding.
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