The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has delivered medical consumables and assorted medications to support the treatment of persons injured in the recent explosions in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The Agency also provided food and non-food items for families of those affected by the incident.
The items were delivered by the Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, during her visit to Maiduguri alongside the Vice President, His Excellency Kashim Shettima.
The DG NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, also said, “The intervention underscores the Federal Government’s continued commitment to providing timely humanitarian assistance and medical support to victims of emergencies across the country,” she said.
Mrs, Umar, also said ” We are here to commiserate with the government and people of Borno state, especially Families of those who lost their loves ones in the attacks, and we totally condemned the attacks which claimed over 25 lives and left over 100 people with various degrees of injuries and we pray for the response of the deseased and quick recovery of the injured,” she added.
At the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, where some of the injured victims are being treated, the Vice President informed the Chief Medical Director that the medical supplies were provided by the Federal Government through NEMA to support ongoing treatment efforts.
Other dignitaries that joined the Vice President on the visit included the Deputy Governor of Borno State Hon Umar Usman Kadafur, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan.
The attacks occurred on Monday by suspected Boko Haram, when the suicide bombers attacked the Maiduguri Monday Market, Post Office area and the entrance gate of UMTH, which claimed over 25 lives and left over 100 people with various degrees of injuries.