COVID-19: FG Sends Relief Materials To Lagos, Abuja, Ogun

Following the presidential directive to ease the sufferings of the vulnerable that might be affected by the lockdown following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq said trucks conveying relief materials have been deployed to affected states.
She said the trucks are expected to arrive at the affected states before the end of yesterday.
She also hinted that she has commenced talks with state governors to ensure the continuation of the National Home Grown School feeding programme as directed by President Buhari.
The Minister disclosed this in Abuja while the Presidential Taskforce on control of COVID-19 briefed on measures put in place to ensure the total lockdown.
On how the relief materials would be distributed, Farouq said: “In paragraph 49 of the speech, Mr. President said that resident’s of satellite and commuter towns and communities around Lagos and Abuja whose livelihoods will surely be affected by this measures, we should deploy relief materials to ease their pains in the coming weeks.
“To achieve this, we must identify and reach the target of such communities and l the trucks, they are on-site and before the end of today (Monday), these trucks carrying relief materials will be deployed to these affected states of Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja.”
residents using available data at our disposal. This we have started doing, NEMA has deployed all the trucks, they are on-site and before the end of today (Monday), these trucks carrying relief materials will be deployed to these affected states of Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja.”
On how the school feeding programme would be implemented despite the closure of schools, she said: “In paragraph 50 of Mr. President’s speech, he directed that our ministry works with the relevant state governments in developing a strategy on how to sustain the school feeding programme.
“We will be doing this and I have already started contacting the governors on agreeing on the modalities to adopt. I have accordingly contacted the programme heads of the programme and this may have to go beyond the affected states because as we are aware, all schools are closed down and children are at home. So, we are looking at modalities to see how we will extend this directive beyond