Plateau Distributes Grains To Flood Victims

The Plateau State Emergence Management Agency (SEMA) has commenced the distribution of 1,500 tonnes of grains to the 2012 flood victims in the state.
Mr. Steven Barko, the Commissioner for Agriculture, who inaugurated the lifting of the grains to various distribution centres, said the 1500 tonnes of sorghum and maize which were 30,000 bags, were donated to Plateau Government by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to mitigate the sufferings of the victims of the flood disaster.
Barko who represented Mr. Ignatius Longjan, the deputy governor and chairman of SEMA’s Governing Council, said: ‘’We received the materials precisely on November 19, 2012 from the officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture led by Alhaji BukarTijani, the minister of state for agriculture.
‘’We would have distributed the materials before now if not for the prolonged workers strike in the state.
‘’The strike made it impossible for SEMA to go to the communities because of the security challenges it posed, but now that it is over, we understand the victims’ plight.
‘’We will make sure that they get the materials without any further delay,’’ Longjan said.
The deputy governor said the grains, which translates to 50 trucks in all, would first be taken to the three central stores for the three zones of the state, before onward distribution to local government areas.
‘’We have a store here in Jos to take care of the northern zone; we have another one in Pankshin for the central zone, while the other one is at Langtang North Local Government.