DAMATURU – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has assisted 158 persons abducted and released by the Boko Haram insurgents in the state.
The assistance include: Bags of rice, noodles, vegetable oil, tomatoes and wrappers.
Presenting the materials to the state government, the North-East Coordinator of NEMA, Malam Mohammed Kanar, said the gesture was to compliment the efforts of the state government.
Kanar, who commanded the state government for setting up a good structure in line with NEMA distribution pattern, expressed hope that the materials would be adequately distributed.
He said that Federal Government would rehabilitate the victims to enable them continue with their normal lives.
Receiving the items on behalf of the state government, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Idi Jidawa, thanked the federal government for the gesture.
Jidawa assured that the materials would be judiciously distributed to the intended beneficiaries in line with the directives of NEMA.