The Benue State Government has established camps and commenced the distribution of relief materials to flood victims in Makurdi, the state capital.
A member of the state’s Technical Committee on Flood, Ms Josephine Haba, while distributing the relief
materials at NKST Primary School, Wadata, said all verified victims would be attended to.
Haba said the camps were established on Saturday following the flooding of some communities within the town.
The committee member stated that so far three camps have been established including NKST Primary School, Wadata, Gaadi Comprehensive Secondary School and Markurdi Internationalmarket.
Though the registration of victims was still ongoing, she said the IDPs needed food and materials for comfort, like beddings, hence the commencement of the distribution.
Haba, who is also the director general of the Benue Peace Commission, said that the victims were being registered using the Kobo wallet. The director general added that the International Organisation for Migration was also on the ground verifying the registration.
She said that so far they were distributing rice, beds, and mosquito nets, adding that wash kits and other things would follow immediately.
Haba further said that IOM was already renovating the toilets and would build more as well as provide water for the camps.
Earlier, the camp manager, Mr James Iorhuna, said that they had registered over 150 households since the establishment of the camp on Saturday.
Iorhuna said that they would identify the needs of the victims and submit the same to the relevant authorities for effective action.
