The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is concerned about the flooding and situation that have affected parts of Ogun State and is ready to support the victims with immediate relief materials while working out a sustainable solution to the perennial problem.
Dr Edu said she had seen videos and pictures depicting the flooded places and the plights of the affected people, assuring that she would visit the area today to identify with them and express the support of President Tinubu and his administration.
The Minister made this known on Friday night while speaking with newsmen shortly after a meeting with Governor Dapo Abiodun in his office at Okemosan, Abeokuta – the state capital.
She noted that aside from the issue of the flood, she was in the state in connection to the Ogun Social Register, to urge the state government to kick–start the process of updating, vetting and verification of the names to pave way to the commencement of payment of the N25,000 intervention fund to vulnerable households/beneficiaries as was the case in states where the scheme had commenced.
Dr Edu added that she would visit the adire-making centres in Itoku Abeokuta on Saturday to ascertain the processes involved and how the people could be supported by President Tinubu–led administration to take the adire-making businesses to the next level.
