The First Lady and National Chairman of Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has presented N500 million cash to victims of last week’s flood disaster in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

The First Lady, through the RHI, announced the cash donation and 100 bales of ankara fabrics as well as some other essentials to the flood victims during a ceremony at the Government House in Yola yesterday.

Represented by wife of the Vice President and National Vice Chairman of the RHI, Hajiya Nana Shettima, Senator Tinubu said the donations were an expression of goodwill to the government and people of Adamawa State on the heels of the flood that occurred in the state. She explained that the donations came through donors to the RHI, notably Abdulsamad Rabiu Africa Initiative.

A few of the 1,800 identified households were presented with their shares of the items in a symbolic distribution during the event.

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri thanked the First Lady for helping the people in their time of need. The governor spoke through his deputy, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, who announced that the casualty figure in the disaster had risen to 29.

“As a government, we have done a lot to provide relief,” she said, assuring the residents that the Fintiri administration would ensure that donations from the First Lady got to all those they were intended to reach.

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