Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the release of N1.6 billion to 16 states to cushion the biting effects of ravaging flood on flood victims i
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the release of N1.6 billion to 16 states to cushion the biting effects of ravaging flood on flood victims in the affected states. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the acting president had ordered the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, to immediately release the amount to the affected states.
Adesina said the money would be released from federal government’s ecological fund account that is domiciled in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to him, the Minister of Finance will release the fund to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for onward distribution to the affected states.
He listed affected states to include: Ekiti, Kwara, Lagos, Bayelsa, Enugu, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Sokoto, Plateau, among others.
