Meanwhile, popular musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as TuFace, has arrived at the camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Makurdi, the Benue state capital.
The artiste, a native of Benue state, arrived at 10:40 a.m. to donate gifts to thousands of families who are urgently taking shelter at the camp.
An estimated 110,000 people are believed to have been affected by the massive flood that destroyed homes of residents following days of rainfall last week.
TuFace arrived with his wife and actress, Annie, and is expected to perform briefly under the Benue Flood Relief Initiative.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has called on development partners for more support to assist Benue state flood victims.
Some communities in the state were last week ravaged by floods which washed away villages, farmlands, food storage facilities and left many people displaced.
A statement released by the Ministry of Health yesterday said it was collaborating with Benue State Government Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA) to assist citizens affected by the flood and ensure the control of diseases that may arise as a result.
To achieve this, the ministry has established a “communication and escalation path” with the BSEMA with clear instructions to refer all emergencies and advanced critical cases to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in the state.
The minister also issued a circular mandating FMC hospital staff to provide treatment for all flood victims at no cost.
Adewole, who had been monitoring and coordinating the health ministry’s intervention, noted that thousands of people had already registered at the emergency medical camp opened at the international market in Makurdi and the “number is increasing on an hourly basis as more residents are reporting for medical checks.”
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