From Usman Abubakar, in Maiduguri
The Aid Group of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam is set to launch a medical outreach for 1000 victims of the flood that reportedly claimed the lives of over 100 of the residents of Maiduguri, Borno State capital and its environ last September 13.
The outreach would be in collaboration with Muslim Public Affairs Center (MPAC) and Movement for Islamic Culture and Awareness (MICA).
The flood, which resulted from the collapse of the Alau Dam, a few kilometers at the outskirts of Maiduguri, reportedly submerged over 70 percent of the city and, reportedly displaced over a million of the city’s residents.
Various waterborne ailments were reportedly bred by the flood, promoting government, corporate organizations, NGOs and concerned wealthy individuals to offer varying amounts in financial assistances and relief materials, including medical outreaches.
“We plan to, Inshallah, give our own medical assistance in the form of medical outreach to the victims of this flood,” the National Secretary of the Aid Group, Aminu Sani Mabera, announced while distributing relief items to some of the displaced persons at the Bakassi Camp, Maiduguri.
Announcing that the JNI’s assistance would, “most importantly”, be the medical outreach, he disclosed that the exercise would benefit 1000 of the victims. He would, however, not disclose when the outreach would be launched.
“We will actually diagnose them, and also give them free treatment, free consultation, free drugs and some other things that will be available, God willing,” the JNI official assured.
“In the other areas we will also assist them with the same magnitude in terms of financial assistance, food items, medical outreach and clothes Inshallah,” Mabera said, disclosing, “We have met with the committee set up by the state government, and they are right away working towards giving us the areas that we will be working inshallah.”
He disclosed that the assistance by the JNI was to cover a total of 4000 of the victims of the flood, out of which 1000 would wearing apparels; 1000 would receive cash donations; 1000, food items; while 1000 would benefit from the medical outreach.
