FEMD, NEAR FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTES FOOD ITEMS TO 300 VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS IN ABUJA

By: Nkechi Isa

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD), in partnership with Near Foundation, has distributed food items to 300 vulnerable households in Abuja.

A total of 150 households benefited in the Malaysia Garden IDPs Camp, and another 150 benefited at Kabusa IDPs Camp, in the Abuja Municipal Area Council.

The Acting Director-General of the department, Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed, said during the handing over of the food items in Abuja that support was part of efforts to sustain the households during the fasting period.

According to him, the move was part of efforts to ensure that vulnerable households have a successful Ramadan.

Mohammed, who was represented by the Head of Relief and Rehabilitation, Mrs. Fatima Sorau, explained that the support came through a partnership with development partners.

“This will enable the IDPs and other vulnerable households to survive through the fasting period.

‘It will also make them feel included, knowing that the government remembers and cares about their welfare,” he said.

Also speaking, the foundation’s project manager, Mr Aliyu Harande, said that the 11-kilogramme food pack included rice, beans, spaghetti, macaroni, garri and semonvita.

He said that the gesture was part of the foundation’s hunger-relief programme to IDPs, vulnerable households, low-income households, and people in distress.

Chairman of the Malaysia Garden IDPs Camp, Chakule Lawal, said that the camp, established about eight years ago, has about 600 households.

Lawal, who thanked FEMD and Near Foundation for the support, explained that the IDPs came into Abuja from Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states.

Similarly, Mr. Mathias Adamu, one of the group leaders at Kabusa IDPs camp, equally said that the IDPs were displaced from Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, and Borno states since 2014.