The PCFRR, which was established by the
federal government following the 2012 flooding, is co-chaired by Africa’s
foremost industrialist, Aliko Dangote and Dr. Olisa Agbakoba.
The flagging off ceremony for the relief
materials distribution for this year started in Borno State and was conducted
by the State governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno
State.
Zulum thanked the Dangote Flood Committee
and promised that he will ensure that the items get to the victims.
UNICEF revealed that the 2022 flood killed
600 people, displaced 1.3 million and destroyed more than 82,000 homes in
Nigeria, therefore making it the worst in decades.
The representative of the Dangote-led
Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation (PCFRR), Alhaji Umar
Gulani assured at the flagging off for the Northeast zone that the exercise
would also be conducted in the other five geopolitical zones of the country.
Gulani said, the items from the Committee
have been officially handed over to the Borno State Government and the National
Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).