Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, has visited injured victims of the January 25 tanker explosion in Enugu, who are receiving treatment at hospitals within the state capital.
Umar led top management staff of the agency from Abuja on the visit to the hospitals.
At National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, the director-general interacted with the victims, while asking of their general well-being and welfare.
“I pray God that he gives you all quick recovery and healing; while I am sure you will soon rejoin your families,” she said.
The director general said she was bringing the best wishes of President Bola Tinubu, NEMA, and millions of Nigerians, who feel saddened about the unfortunate tanker explosion incident.
Earlier, Umar said that the agency had provided food and non-food items as relief in order to cushion the effects of the incident on the families of the victims,.
She added that items had been handed over to the Enugu State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for distribution.
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The director-general said that the relief food items include 200 bags of rice, cartons of seasoning, 20 cartons of tomatoes paste (25kg) bags, 200 carton of spaghetti, and 20 cartons of vegetable oil, among others.
She noted that non-food items are volumes of medicaments and medical consumables meant for all persons affected by the incident, following the assessment done by NEMA officials on ground.
Umar appreciated the state government, Enugu State Fire Service, the Federal Road Safety Corps, police, and sister agencies, health workers as well as first responders who provided vital rescue and help to the victims.
The director-general noted that the increasing cases of tanker fire explosion across the country are not only devastating, but also a clog in the wheel of socio-economic progress and development of communities in the country.
She said that emergency challenges emanating from tanker fire explosions calls for concerted
efforts on disaster risk management and enhanced collaboration between all emergency responders at different levels and mandates.
