By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in collaboration with the Borno State Flood Disaster Food Relief Material Committee have donated relief materials worth N10.2 million to 500 pregnant and nursing women, who are victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri city and its environs.
The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees (BOT) and former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alaja Lateefa Okannu, handed over relief materials to the Borno State Government through the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Director-General, Dr. Barkindo.
The materials will be distributed by the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Materials Committee.
Okannu said the association was deeply moved by the flood incident and decided to mobilize its members to make their respective contributions, particularly to support pregnant and nursing women who were directly affected by the flooding.
Represented by the FOMWAN Zonal Chairperson, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin, she prayed for the repose of those who lost their lives and quick recovery for the injured while appealing to the flood disaster relief materials committee and SEMA to ensure properly and judicious distribution of the items to the beneficiaries so as to cushion their sufferings.
The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees (BOT) revealed that the association donated relief materials worth N10.2 million to 500 pregnant and nursing women. The packages included assorted provisions like cartoons of detergents, soaps, Maggie cubes, 2 liters of vegetable oil, 20 kg maize flour, and 75 delivery kits, among others. These beneficiaries were selected from four Local Government Areas (LGAs): Mafa, Jere, Konduga, and MMC.
The SEMA DG, Dr. Barkindo, received the items on behalf of the state government and expressed gratitude for the timely donation.
He assured the relief materials would be distributed judiciously to the selected beneficiaries, who were thoroughly profiled and screened by the flood disaster relief materials committee to ascertain their vulnerability and affection.
The MMC Executive Chairman, Alhaji Tijani Umar Ali, appreciated the gesture and commended the leadership for their efforts and concern.
Alhaji Ali noted that the donation came at the appropriate time of need and pledged to ensure prompt distribution to the beneficiaries. He also called on other organizations to emulate FOMWAN’s gesture and pattern of presentation, channeling relief materials through the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Materials Committee to reach the actual victims of the flood disaster.
Fanna Kuri, a 32-year-old nursing mother and beneficiary from MMC, expressed her happiness and gratitude, promising to utilize the items fully and not sell them.
Also, Zara Adams, a 28-year-old pregnant woman from Ajari, Old Maiduguri ward of Jere LGC, thanked all involved in the donation and distribution, praying for abundant rewards.
