The National Emergency Management Agency has distributed relief materials to victims of collapsed Zaria Mosque in Kaduna State.

The agency’s Director- General, Mustapha Habib, while presenting the items for onward distribution on Monday, said 100 persons would benefit from the relief assistance.

According to him, the gesture is not compensation for the loss of lives but a token to bring relief to the victims.

Represented by Abbani Garki, the agency’s North-West Zonal Coordinator, Habib condoled with the state government over the loss of lives and property to the accident.

He said that the items were 100 bags of rice, beans and maize, 50 cartons of spaghetti, 10 bags of salt, 20 kegs of vegetable oil, 10 cartons of seasoning, 100 blankets, plastic buckets, cups and plates.

Others were; 100 pieces of men, women and children’s clothes, 100 cartons of detergent, 50 cartons of toilet soap, 100 pieces of mattresses, bath towels, mosquito nets, 100 bundles of roofing sheets, 100 bags of cement and 20 packets of zinc nails.

He urged the beneficiaries to use the materials judiciously to cushion their plight.

Receiving the items, Emir of Zaria, Ahmed Bamali, said the relief intervention was a welcome development as was coming at the right time that it would surely serve as succour to them.

He commended the agency and other facilitators for the gesture that would also reduce the challenges of insecurity in the land, adding that lack of means led to frustration and crime.

Bamali urged wealthy individuals and leaders to be generous by helping the needy.

Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, Usman Mazadu, assured that the relief materials would be distributed to the targeted beneficiaries.

The mosque incident occurred on August 11 and left 10 persons dead while 30 persons sustained varying degrees of injuries.  

(NAN)