The Nigeria Customs Service has handed over seized items, including food and clothes and toiletries, as relief materials to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Adamawa state.
The chairman of National Logistics Committee on Internally Displaced Persons and Assistant Controller General of Customs, Abdulkadir Azarema, presenting the items at a ceremony Thursday in Yola, said the donation was the third so far to the state.
Mr. Azarema said; “Today, the National Logistics Committee on Distribution of Relief Items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is handing over items that we strongly believe will boost the ongoing efforts to resettle IDPs in their ancestral homes,” .
“We also commend the efforts of Local Organizing Committee for collaborating with National Committee and the State Government to ensure smooth distribution of the relief materials.”
The Deputy Governor of the state, Martins Babale, who is also the chairman of Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency speaking at the event, lauded the gesture which he said would go a long way in assisting the IDPs.
Mr. Babale assured that the state government would use the materials for the purpose intended.
“We also commend the efforts of Local Organizing Committee for collaborating with National Committee and the State Government to ensure smooth distribution of the relief materials.”
The Deputy Governor of the state, Martins Babale, who is also the chairman of Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency speaking at the event, lauded the gesture which he said would go a long way in assisting the IDPs.
Mr. Babale assured that the state government would use the materials for the purpose intended.
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