Ekiti State Government has applauded the federal government for the provision of relief materials worth millions of naira for 615 victims of flooding in the state through the National Emergency Management Agency,(NEMA) .
The relief materials distributed to hundreds of disaster victims across the state at a ceremony included sets of :mattresses, pumping machines,grinding machines tricycles, bags of rice ,sewing machines and several other home accessories.
According to the Director of Press,Office of the Deputy Governor ,Tope Ariyo, Ekiti State Deputy Governor ,Chief Mrs Monisade Afuye whose office supervises disaster management in the state declared the ceremony opened in Ado EkIti with a charge to the federal government to sustain its support to victims of disaster in the state.
Afuye who noted that the gesture was in recognition of the commitment of the Oyebanji-led administration’s to the management of disasters across EkIti State added that the proactive gesture undertaken by the federal government would significantly offer reliefs to victims of disasters in the state.
” l sincerely observe that the synergy between Mr Governor and our President is that of father and son. … …both have immense passion towards alleviating the living conditions of the masses especially the vulnerable in the society..The state government has spent not less than 400 million naira on reliefs to victims of disaster so far . It is our audacious efforts in the course of the year that prompted this intervention from the federal government ” , she enthused.
“I am appealing to our people. This man , President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been prioritising EkIti State in term of developmental interventions. It shows the love Mr President has for EkIti people. Let us come out en masse during the January,2027 Presidential election to vote our loving President for another term in office.”
The Deputy Governor explained that the benefits of using the items rightly were unquantifiable warning the beneficiaries against selling the items in order to make quick income adding that government would put mechanisms in place to ensure beneficiaries were prevented from embarking on such act .
In his address, NEMA Head of Operations,EkIti and Ondo zones ,Mr kazzem Olarenwaju thanked the state government for the warm reception accorded his team promising that the gesture would be sustained to ensure interventions reach more beneficiaries.
He explained that the 615 beneficiaries were a product of survey and data collation undertook by NEMA in 2025 noting that the agency would keep adhering to professionalism to ensure palliatives reach the actual victims .
Earlier, the General Manager of the EkIti State Emergency Management Agency, Mr Oludare Asaolu had thanked the federal government for giving immense support to the activities of the state government in the area of disaster interventions.
He promised to ensure prompt monitoring of the beneficiaries to ensure the items were used for the right purposes .
