By Sunday Ogli, Makurdi
The National Hydro Electric Power Producing Development Areas Commission (N-HYPPADEC), on Wednesday donated relief materials, including food and non food items to the Benue State Government for onward distribution to victims of the recent herdsmen attack in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of the state.
The donation was presented to the state Deputy Governor, Barrister Sam Ode at the premises of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) headquarters in Makurdi, the State capital.
The acting Managing Director of N-HYPPADEC, Haruna Jimoh-Gabi while presenting the items, expressed sympathy to the victims and stressed the need for people to be security conscious in order to prevent future attacks and other disasters.
He called on Nigerians to adopt an intelligence gathering system to stop the rising insecurity across the nation.
“People should help the security agents on intelligence gathering to be able to avert re occurrence of attacks in their communities because the issue of security should not be left in the hands of security men alone.
“We should be more sensitive to our environment and should always help our security men with intelligence gathering to avert future occurrence.
“Despite the Agency’s financial constraints, we have been able to get some relief materials for victims of attacks in the state.
“The items we brought includes;195 pieces of mattresses, 195 bags of rice, 130 bottles of palm oil, 65 cartons of bathing soap, 65 packs of treated mosquito net, 65 cartons of washing detergent, 10 numbers of hero hunter machine, 156 piece of rubber mats and 65 cartoons of maggi”, the acting MD stated.
He, however, appealed to the state government to ensure proper distribution of the relief materials.
In his remark, the state governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, who was represented by his deputy, Barrister Sam Ode, expressed his administration’s willingness to partner with the National Hydro Electric Power Producing Areas in planning and forecasting forestall disaster in the state.
Governor Alia noted the support of the agency in their contributions to economic growth of the state and promised that the government would also collaborate with the agency on disaster management.
