The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has rescued over 8,000 disaster victims mostly from fire and windstorm disasters in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States in the first two months of the 2015.
Spokesman for agency in South-West Ibrahim Farinloye disclosed that 8,046 persons were affected in seven major different incidents with Lagos State having 1,064 persons, while Iwaya communities recorded 652 persons.
In Ogun State, Farinloye said, Igbo Aje Market, Ilaro of Yewa South of the State had 306 traders affected by a market fire outbreak that occurred on January 27, 2015.
Continuing, he said about 6,670 persons were also affected in four different incidents of wind and rainstorm disasters that occurred in six communities of Afijio Local Government Area; Lagbondoke and Agunpopo communities of Atiba LGA; Irewole and Isokan communities in Oyo West LGA and Oko town in Surulere LGA all of Oyo state noting that all the incidents occurred between February 9 and 10, 2015 stressing that the assessment of extent of damages showed that two persons were injured in Irewole Community of Oyo West LGA while 1,000 houses and 251 shops were affected in all the three states. Farinloye noted that NEMA has delivered relief materials to victims of fire disasters at Iwaya Community in Yaba LCDA of Lagos through the state government, stressing that the food and non-food relief materials such as 300 bags of cement, 400 bundles of roofing sheets, 500 pieces of wax prints as women wears, 200 pieces of Guinea Brocade as men wears, 100 pieces of Children wears, 100 bags of garri, 40 cartons of 3 in 1 tea, 60 packets of zinc nails, 60 bags of 3” inches nails, 150 bags of rice, 500 pieces of blankets, 500 pieces of mosquitoes treated net and other assorted consumables were handed over to Lagos State Emergency Management Agency for distribution to the Iwaya community fire Disaster victims in conjunction with the respective Local Government and community authorities.
SOURCE: DAILY INDEPENDENT
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