The Nigeria Red Cross Society yesterday commenced the disbursement of N45.7m to 1,500 victims of the 2022 flood disaster in nine communities located in Kogi State, after one of the disasters.
According to NRCS, each victim is collecting N30,500 from the organisation to cushion the effects of the flood disaster on their families and means of livelihood.
The financial assistance to the victims is with the support of the British Red Cross through the International Federation of Red Cross.
The 1,500 beneficiaries were selected across three local government areas of Lokoja, Kogi and Ibaji areas of the state.
The three local governments are impacted yearly by floods because of their geographic location. Due to this, victims are usually rendered homeless with loss of livelihoods, loss of lives, and properties worth millions of naira.
The NRCS in the state disclosed that 500 of the beneficiaries were from Gbongboro, Budon, Eggan and Kinami communities in the Lokoja Local Government area of the state.
Similarly, 500 beneficiaries were selected from the Okelebe, Odaki and Ukwo communities in the Kogi Local Government Area of the state. Other 500 beneficiaries were selected from the Odogwu, Unale and Itoduma communities in the Ibaji Local Government Area.
At the flagging off of the disbursement of the funds in Ibaji Local Government, the Branch Secretary of the NRCS in Kogi State, Alhaji Danjuma Usman, admonished the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the financial assistance.
The representative of the national headquarters of Red Cross in Abuja, who came to Kogi for the event, Ahmed Bolaji, said it was not in the character of the Red Cross to give financial assistance and send its officers to come and collect part of it.
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He warned the staff of the organisation in the state not to mute the idea of short-changing the victims.
