Mr Giwa also urged states to build stronger institutions, adopt technology, and foster collaboration to improve emergency management across Nigeria.
The director-general of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, described the event as a defining step in strengthening Nigeria’s disaster management architecture.
The SSG charged the committee members to take the assignment seriously.
He underscored the imperative of readiness in the face of recurring flood disasters in the area.
She said blocked drainages observed in Romi underscored the need for continuous awareness.
Communities in Idah, Kabba-Bunu, and Lokoja Local Government Areas of the state were the worst hit.
The NRCS national representative, Hassan Yusuf, urged beneficiaries to use the funds judiciously and not give out any part of it as gratification.
said the gesture was part of the federal government’s interventions for flood-affected persons.
SEMA executive secretary Sunday Abdu said during the distribution on Friday that the intervention was from the Bank of Industry (BOI).
SEMA director of relief and rehabilitation, Mustapha Umar, said this while addressing journalists in Sokoto.
