By Atoyebi Nike
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has extended humanitarian aid to 500 households affected by the recent flood disaster in Adamawa State, distributing essential relief materials to victims in Yola South Local Government Area.
The materials were handed out on Saturday, with the NSA’s younger brother and Adamawa State APC Organizing Secretary, Mustapha Atiku Ribadu, overseeing the exercise. He said the assistance aimed to ease the suffering of families whose homes and livelihoods were devastated by last Sunday’s flooding.
Each beneficiary household received food items including rice, spaghetti, noodles, cooking oil, as well as blankets, mats, clothing for children, and traditional brocade fabrics.
“This distribution followed a thorough verification process led by a committee made up of APC party officials and local community stakeholders,” Mustapha Ribadu stated. “We physically visited every flood-hit community to ensure only genuine victims were included.”
He noted that special arrangements had been made for elderly or immobile victims who could not attend the distribution event, with relief items to be delivered directly to their homes.
Ribadu emphasized that the support was not politically motivated but rather a humanitarian response backed by personal concern from the NSA. “Many victims lost everything. This intervention is part of ongoing efforts to help them begin to rebuild,” he said.
He added that further assistance would soon follow, including support for families whose homes were destroyed or deemed uninhabitable.
Some recipients expressed heartfelt gratitude. Janet Adebisi, a mother of four from Shagari End of the Road, described the gesture as timely and life-saving. “Since the flood, this is the first help we’ve received. It’s restored hope in my family,” she said.
The relief effort comes amid growing concerns over rising climate-related disasters in the region, with calls for long-term resilience planning alongside immediate relief.
