NEMA deploys team to assess impact of bandit attack in Kwara

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed a response team to assess and coordinate intervention activities following the recent bandit attack on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. In a statement signed by Head Media Unit, Manzo Ezekiel, the Director-General, NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, directed the team from […]

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed a response team to assess and coordinate intervention activities following the recent bandit attack on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.

In a statement signed by Head Media Unit, Manzo Ezekiel, the Director-General, NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, directed the team from the Agency’s Minna Operations Office, which covers Kwara State, to temporarily relocate to the affected areas to conduct a detailed on-the-ground assessment of the situation and the needs of the impacted communities.

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He said the assessment was being carried out in collaboration with the Kwara State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and relevant security agencies to ensure an effective, coordinated, and well-informed response.

According to him, the Agency has also arranged relief items, comprising food and non-food materials, which were already on the ground to support victims in the affected communities.