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The National Emergency Management Agency, on Monday, distributed relief items to residents with disabilities who were affected by a recent fire incident at a community on the outskirts of Abuja.
NEMA disclosed this in a statement posted on its official Facebook page on Monday.
The statement reads, “Following a fire incident that ravaged a community in the outskirt of Abuja City Centre with many persons living with disabilities, the National Emergency Management Agency, today distributed relief items to the affected persons in providing them with succour.
“The Director General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, who flagged off the relief distribution in Abuja affirmed the agency’s commitment to prioritise the protection of rights and welfare of vulnerable persons and those living with disabilities during emergencies and response to disasters.
“She also extended the sympathy of the agency to those affected by the fire and appreciated the collaboration of stakeholders towards providing them with the much-desired succour.
“In his remarks, the Executive Secretary of NCPWD, Dr David Lalu, appreciated NEMA for coming to the aid of the fire incident with the distribution of the relief items.
“The items distributed were bags of rice, foam mattresses, wax prints, brocades, children, women's and men’s wears
The statement added that some of the beneficiaries requested more support to enable them to become self-reliant.
