Standu9ja - Niger State gives tanker fire victims N28m relief materials
Niger Government has
distributed relief materials worth N28 million to victims of tanker fire
in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Areas of the state.
Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, Director-General, State Emergency Management Agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday.
The tanker fire incident, which occurred on Dec. 2, claimed 18 lives, injured five and destroyed property worth millions of naira.
Inga, who described the incident as unfortunate, noted that the relief materials was not a compensation but government intervention to cushion effect of the disaster.
“What we are doing is not a compensation, it is an intervention. When ever such disaster happen, we look at the severity of the damage done and assist the victims,” he said.
He said the items distributed, include; cement, rice, maize, zinc, roofing nails, textile, Maggie, salt, vegetable oil and palm oil.
The director-general advised the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the relief materials and cash to better their lots.
Inga, however, called on the drivers of articulated vehicles to obey speed limit to avoid future occurrence.
Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, Director-General, State Emergency Management Agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday.
The tanker fire incident, which occurred on Dec. 2, claimed 18 lives, injured five and destroyed property worth millions of naira.
Inga, who described the incident as unfortunate, noted that the relief materials was not a compensation but government intervention to cushion effect of the disaster.
“What we are doing is not a compensation, it is an intervention. When ever such disaster happen, we look at the severity of the damage done and assist the victims,” he said.
He said the items distributed, include; cement, rice, maize, zinc, roofing nails, textile, Maggie, salt, vegetable oil and palm oil.
The director-general advised the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the relief materials and cash to better their lots.
Inga, however, called on the drivers of articulated vehicles to obey speed limit to avoid future occurrence.
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