FIC Report (Enugu State) – The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, has visited injured victims of Jan. 25 Enugu Tanker Explosion in hospitals within Enugu metropolis.
Umar led top management staff of the Agency from Abuja on the visit to the hospitals.
At National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, the director-general interracted with the victims, while asking of their general well-being and welfare.
“I pray God that he give you all quick recovery and healing; while I am sure you will soon rejoin your families,” she said.
According to her, I bring you the best wishes and recovery prayer of President Bola Tinubu, NEMA, and millions of Nigeria, who feel saddened about the unfortunate tanker explosion incident.
Earlier, Umar said that the Agency had provided food and non-food items as relief in order to cushion the effect of the incident on the families of the victims.
She added that items had been handed over to Enugu State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for distribution.
The director-general said that the relief food items included 200 bags of rice, cartons of seasoning, 20 cartons of tomatoes paste (25kg) bags, 200 carton of spaghetti, and 20 cartons of vegetable oil (5ltr x 4) among others.
She noted that non-food items are volumes of medicaments and medical consumables meant for all persons affected by the incident following the assessment done by NEMA officials on ground.
Umar appreciated the state government, Enugu State Fire Service, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Police, NSCDC, Red Cross, doctors and other health workers as-well-as other first responders that provided vital rescue and help to the victims.
“Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, it is the collective responsibilities of all tiers of
government (i.e. Federal, State and Local governments) to provide support to disaster victims.
“Hence, NEMA is therefore complementing the efforts of the state government by providing relief assistance to the affected persons,” she said.
The director-general noted that the increase cases of tanker fire explosion across the country are not only devastating but also a clog to the wheel of socio-economic progress and development of communities in the country.
She said that emergency challenge emanating from tanker fire explosion called for concerted
efforts on Disaster Risk Management and enhanced collaboration between all emergency responders at different levels and mandates.
Signed
Chukwuemeka Ijeoma Irene,
PEO11, Information and Public Relations,
FIC Enugu
