The Adamawa/Taraba Zonal Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has donated 532 50kg bagels of rice and 139 bales of secondhand clothes to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Adamawa State.
Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Muhammad Usman Bappa, handed the items on behalf of the Comptroller of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (rtd), to the Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Dr Muhammad Suleiman, during a brief ceremony in Yola, explaining that the donation was informed by President Muhammad Buhariโs directive that seized perishable items should be given to IDPs in the Northeast.
Receiving the items, ADSEMA Executive Secretary Muhammad Suleiman said the items, which included 12 12-litre gallons of vegetable oil and two cartons of fruit juice, would be distributed to intended beneficiaries, who he said would include victims of recent flood incidents across Adamawa State.
