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Published 13 May 2021
The National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday announced that it had commenced the direct distribution of relief materials to 24,925 households of internally displaced persons affected by banditry in 14 Local Government Areas of Niger State.
Director-General, NEMA, Muhammadu Muhammed, flagged off the relief materials distribution in Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.
A statement issued in Abuja by the agency’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Manzo Ezekiel, stated that Muhammed, who was represented by the Head of Minna Operations Office, Zainab Saidu, sympathised with the affected persons.