Ekiti State Government has promised to sustain the existing relationship between it and the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA to address all issues relating with natural disasters and ameliorate the conditions of victims in the state.
The Deputy Governor, Chief Monisade Afuye stated this in Ado Ekiti while playing host to a team of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA led by its Head of Operation, Mr Kadiri Olarewaju .
Chief Afuye who appreciated the federal government for the relief materials and food items released for distribution to victims of natural disasters in the state, also solicited more support for the victims.
She said Ekiti State Government was poised to make life meaningful to those affected by rainstorm, flood, fire and other disasters.
The Ekiti State Deputy Governor however called on the people to be more conscious of their environment and always prevent factors that could make them vulnerable to any form of disasters in the state.
Earlier, the Head of Operations, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA in charge of Ekiti and Ondo States, Mr Kadiri Olarewaju who said that his team was in the Deputy Governor’s office to solicit for more support from the state government, said all the relief materials earmarked by the federal government for the victims of natural disasters in Ekiti State had arrived.
Mr Olarewaju said Out of over three thousand victims captured in Ekiti, only one thousand would get relief materials in the first phase while the remaining victims would be captured in the second batch.
