Senate Committee on Special Duties praises NEMA

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Committee
Yola, Nov. 3, 2016 ( NAN) The Senate Committee on Special Duties on Thursday commended the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for rendering wonderful humanitarian services nationwide.
Sen. Abdulazeez Nyako, the chairman of the committee, gave the commendation when he led members of the committee on an oversight visit to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Damare, Yola, Adamawa.
Nyako said that the committee had visited various camps in Borno and Adamawa and it was satisfied and convinced on the way the agency was managing them and taking care of IDPs properly.
“From the appearance of the IDPs and the cleanness of the camps’ environments, the committee is convinced and satisfied with the services of NEMA.
“ We are going to support NEMA to lead and control all the activities of humanitarian organisations in the country,” the chairman said.
He confirmed that the only problem uncovered during the visit was shortage in water supply in some camps adding that the committee would invite the Minister of Water Resources for explanation.
Speaking earlier, Mr Sa’ad Bello, the agency’s operational coordinator in charge of Adamawa and Taraba, said that the number of the IDPS had significantly dropped from over 60,0000 to l8,958 persons.
“So far, over 900 Internally Displaced Children enrolled into schools in various camps in the state,” Bello said.
In the committee’s entourage were Sen. Kabiru Gaya and the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Sani Sidi. (NAN)
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