Truckloads Of Foodstuffs Attacked In Awka, Not Covid19 Palliatives- Anambra Govt.

Recall that yesterday, 6 truckloads of foodstuffs were attacked by miscreants owing to the fact that it was rumored that Anambra State covid19 palliatives where stored somewhere at Women Development Center, Agu-Awka.
Anambra State govt. have contradicted the claims in some quarters that all six truckloads were successfully hijacked by hoodlums who considered them palliatives for Anambra people to cushion the economic and nutritional effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
This was learnt from a document forwarded to CHRYSORA MEDIA signed by the commissioner for information and public enligtenment Mr C. Don Adinuba.
According to him, the 6 truckloads of foodstuffs was targeted to reach the LGAs of Anambra State completely covered by flood as a result of incessant heavy downpour.
The LGAs on the banks of the River Niger submerged by flood as a result of the ceaseless torrential rainfalls since September are Ogbaru, Anambra East, Anambra West, and Ayamelum. The other LGAs strongly affected by the floods but not submerged are Onitsha South, Onitsha North, Ihiala and Awka North.
The truckload for Anambra West LGA has, however, been kept in Onitsha South LGA because of a lack of access road; the roads to the area are completely covered by water. “The food items will be sent by boats procured by the state government to the LGA”, explained Cyril Agupugo, the Executive Director of the Anambra State Emergency Agency (SEMA).
According to Chief Paul Odenigbo, the SEMA chairman, flood victims in communities not submerged by flood will receive theirs in due course. “We did not exclude them from benefitting from the state government’s assistance. After all, the chairman of the Transition Committee of each of the LGAs has submitted the names of people displaced from their homes by floods. They will get theirs soon. The numbers from LGAs flooded but not submerged are not as many as those from fully submerged places for understandable reasons. The foodstuffs which left our warehouse today are the garri and Indomie noodles which were purchased about four days ago, though there are some which are leftovers from COVID-19 donations”.
CHRYSORA MEDIA