NEMA set to distribute relief food items donated by KSRelief in Borno
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has concluded arrangements to commence the distribution of relief food items donated by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) to 16,000 households of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in eight camps and host communities in Borno State.
The spokesperson of NEMA, Manzo Ezekiel, said the food items donated by the KSRelief are a standard quantity of 16,000 food baskets each comprising a bag of rice (25kg), a bag of beans (25kg), masa vita flour (4kg), vegetable oil (2litres), salt (1kg), tomato paste (2kg), and seasoning (0.8kg) which will be distributed directly to the 16,000 IDPs at their various locations.
According to him, NEMA has conducted detailed profiling of the target beneficiaries at the identified camps and host communities.
The relief food donation by KSRelief, a humanitarian aid agency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is a continuation of assistance to assist persons affected by insurgency in Borno State.
The Saudi agency has previously donated similar food items that were distributed to victims of insurgency in Borno and Yobe states as well as persons affected by armed banditry in Zamfara State.
Recall that between 2018 and 2019, KSRelief donated a total of 140,468 baskets of food items that were distributed to the IDPs affected by insurgency in Borno and Yobe states.
Furthermore, in 2021 the Saudi agency donated another set of 16,688 relief food baskets that were distributed again in Borno, Yobe and Zamfara states.
