The North East Development Commission has taken over the routine food distribution to Internally Displaced Persons in Borno and Adamawa States from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Director General of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed led the management of the Agency to the NEDC Abuja Liaison Office on a working visit where he appreciated the takeover.
He said NEMA will continue to provide relief assistance to impacted communities in the North East Region of the country whenever the community is in distress.
The Managing Director of NEDC Mohammed Alkali said the decision to take over the routine food distribution and feeding in the IDPs camps would help eliminate duplication of efforts and ensure scarce resources are equitably deploy in other areas to assist Nigerians in distress.
