By Isiyaka Ismail Wunti<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over one thousand victims of the 2024 floods in Bauchi State have received relief support, including food, non-food items, and cash assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initiative, worth two hundred thousand dollars was funded by the ECOWAS Flood Response Project in collaboration with the state and federal governments, as well as the Nigerian Red Cross Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of one hundred and eighty five beneficiaries were presented with the items during the grand finale at the Government House in Bauchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The support was to ease the suffering of the victims and help them rebuild their lives after the devastating floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The affected Local Government Areas include Gamawa, Zaki, Katagum, Kirfi, and Giade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at the event, Governor Bala Mohammed, represented by the Secretary to the State Government Aminu Hammayo noted that the state government had also provided additional support to one hundred and fifty households to address the growing needs of flood victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Representatives from ECOWAS, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction and the Nigerian Red Cross Society commiserated with the victims and encouraged them to make good use of the assistance provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each beneficiary received a bag of rice, beans, a gallon of vegetable oil, a blanket, a bucket, a mat, and a cash transfer of seventy five thousand Naira.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Isiyaka Ismail Wunti Over one thousand victims of the 2024 floods in Bauchi State have received relief support, including food, non-food items, and cash assistance. The initiative, worth two hundred thousand dollars was funded by the ECOWAS Flood Response Project in collaboration with the state and federal governments, as well as the Nigerian Red […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,17,18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bauchi","category-headline","category-heritage","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n