Nigeria: N17.6 Billion Relief Fund - Adamawa Flood Victims Get N450 Each

5 January 2013

The woes of the victims of nature's fury through last year's devastating flood in various parts of the country have been further compounded by the handling of their plight by officials of the affected states and local governments.

In some states, the N17.6billion flood relief funds released by the federal government to bring succour to the victims, who had been sheltered in camps, has ended up in the private pockets of officials of committees and emergency outfits vested with the responsibility of managing their states' share of the funds.

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