Akwa Ibom State government has provided financial assistance to 1,959 flood victims in Eket and Uyo, according to Mrs Sylvia Ekpo, Permanent Secretary, Deputy Governor’s Office.
Ekpo told reporters yesterday in Uyo that individuals not families benefitted from the financial assistance.
She said that each of the 1,959 victims received N50,000.
“The beneficiaries are those who made official reports to our office.
“The day after the flood, I and my boss went to the spot to assess the situation.
“In Eket we captured 1,670 names, while in Uyo we had 289 victims,’’ she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), recalled that the flood was caused by torrential rainfall which occurred on June 29 that lasted for several hours.
Ekpo explained that victims, who reported their cases to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) were the people eligible to benefit from the largesse.
“The government decided that instead of giving the victims relief materials, we should give them financial assistance,’’ she said.
She said that officials of SEMA visited the affected areas to assess the situation before capturing the victims that qualified for the assistance.
Culled from The Nation newspaper
1959x50,000=97,959,000 naira. Please where did the government get this money from? I thought you published recently that the state inherited debt from the previous government. Habba, my people! Please can we think before we speak. We will all be held accountable by the Great Judge someday.
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