The Federal Government commenced the distribution of relief materials to the victims of windstorm disaster in Umuahia North, Arochukwu, Obingwa and Ikwuano local government areas of Abia.
Presenting the items to the state government, the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency NEMA Mustapha Ahmed, said the materials would be distributed to victims of the disaster in different communities in the four council areas.
The director-general, represented by Head of NEMA, Owerri Operations Office, Ifeanyi Nnaji, said that the relief materials would be transparently distributed in the presence of all concerned.
He said that it would be jointly distributed to the affected persons by officials of NEMA, Abia State Emergency Management Agency SEMA and representatives of the communities and other relevant stakeholders. He explained that a joint team of assessors from NEMA Owerri Operations Office and SEMA had visited the communities to