Windstorm: NEMA team arrives Bauchi today

Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Yunusa Maihaja, has assured Governor Mohammaed Abubakar that a special team will arrive the state today to assess the dimension of the windstorm and fire that claimed eight lives and billions of naira.
A statement by the Governor’s Special Adviser, Media and Strategy, Ali M. Ali, quoted the DG as saying this while responding to a plea by the state governor, who paid a courtesy and thank you visit to the headquarters of the relief agency.
The top management of the agency, led by the DG, received Governor Abubakar who arrived the NEMA office in the company of the Bauchi state Commissioner for Environment, Rifkatu Samson.
Maihaja revealed that the assessment team would determine the immediate needs of the victims, which in turn, will guide the kind of immediate assistance required.
The NEMA boss lamented the extent of the disasters, adding that its sheer dimension warranted immediate presidential visit.
Speaking earlier, Governor Abubakar had sought the assistance of the federal government for the victims, revealing that his government had immediately inaugurated a relief committee, which had since swung into action.
He however, appealed to the federal government to come to the aid of the affected victims by resettling them and assisting in the reconstruction of their lives.