By Umar Dankano Yola.
The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) in Adamawa has distributed food items to orphans and vulnerable households in Adamawa.
Speaking during the distribution on Thursday in Yola, Mr Lawan Hamidu, NEDC’s Head of Resettlements and Early Recovery said, these are part of the mandate of the commission for the welfare of the people in the region.
“This is part of the routine exercise we do carry out whenever we notice there are some problems in the society, we set a side of a little bit of food items to distribute to vulnerable persons and individuals”, he said.
He said, these are to cushion the effects of what is happening in the society which is in line with the mandate of the commission.
Lawan called on the wealth to do individuals to emulate the commission to help the vulnerable persons as it would go along way for peace and stability in the society to be maintained.
In his remarks, Mr Khalifa Lawan, NEDC’s Coordinator in Adamawa said, the commission is targeting more than 150 organisations to benefit from the food items.
He said that the items include spaghetti, cooking oil and rice.
He appealed to the leadership of the benefiting organization to ensure that it reaches down to their members.
In their separate remarks, the representative of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Muslims Council of Nigeria, Adamawa, Rev. Victor Saje and Malam Ismail Modibbo respectively appreciated the gesture.
They assured that the items would reach the target beneficiaries across 21 Local Government Areas of the state.