Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has distributed relief materials including food and non-food items to over 1,000 households whose source of livelihood were devastated by flood disaster in 2024.
The distribution of the relief items which took place yesterday in Bauchi Government House under the grand finale of the ECOWAS Flood Response Project was carried out by a high-level delegation from the ECOWAS Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, and the Nigerian Red Cross Society in Bauchi.
The project, valued at $200,000, was aimed at providing relief to victims of the 2024 floods which witnessed the distribution of food and non-food items as well as cash transfers to affected households in the state.
Since its commencement on December 15, 2024, the ECOWAS Emergency Flood Response has supported 850 households across Katagum, Jama’are,…
Source: Thisday Newspaper