Jallow — The World Food Programme (WFO) recently provided humanitarian assistance to the disaster victims in the North Bank Region.

The items provided included 702 bags of rice, 504 gallons of oil, 115 bags of peas and 54 bags of iodised salt. Speaking to the Daily ObserverÂ's North Bank correspondent, Alhaji Eduwarr Seckan, the governor of the region, commended the World Food Programme for complementing governmentÂ's efforts in providing such humanitarian gesture to the disaster victims in his region. According to him, the provision of food would greatly improve the plights of the affected families.

Governor Seckan assured the affected families of governmentÂ's concerns to improve their situations through capacity development and to ensure that people build structures in compliance with physical planning set standards and procedures. He further hailed the National Disaster Management Agency under the Office of the Vice President for their steadfastness in the mobilisation of resources to support displaced and affected flood victims.