Office Of The Vice President

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FG Will Provide Support, Relief Materials For Those Affected, VP Osinbajo Commiserates With Flood Victims During Unscheduled Stop In Katsina

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has expressed the condolences of the Federal Government to the people affected by the tragic flooding in Katsina State on Monday, stating that the Buhari administration will ensure that it provides relief materials and support for those affected.

Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday night when he made an unscheduled stop at the border town of Jibia in Katsina State, where 44 lives were lost following the rainstorms that wreaked havoc in the area on Monday.

He said, “I am here on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari to extend his sincere condolences to you all and to say that we are all very sorry and very sad that this has happened here. But I want to assure on behalf of Mr. President that we will support you in every way.”
The Vice President also stated that the Federal Government will ensure that the victims are compensated. Whatever damage that has been done,
Prof. Osinbajo said, “We will be working with the state government and with the DG, NEMA (National Emergency Management Agency) to provide all of the facilities and all of the necessary relief materials that is needed here.
“We are working with the state government to make sure that all of what is required to make these places safe is done so that the drainage is clear and all of the necessary drainage facilities are provided. And that where people are building on drainage, we’’ll also make sure that we relocate them so that they are not building on drainage anymore.
“I pray that this sort of thing will never happen again, and that we will ever see this kind of tragedy again. Let us continue to be steadfast. We believe the Almighty God that there will always be peace and calm in our cities.”


Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity,
Office of the Vice President,
18th July, 2018

May the souls of the deceased rest in peace...may we never experience such in our nation again..

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May God grant the deceased eternal rest and may God give their families the fortitude to bear the irreparable lost. I salute the kind gesture and concern of the presidency.

May the souls of the dead rest in peace (Amen). What a great lost to Katsina State.

May the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace.

May the departed souls rest in perfect Peace.God heal our Land.,Enough of this disasters

This is disheartening....Government should urgently rise to help them.....

Its a very disheartening ,May God be with the families of the victim and the Government should please do the needful to avoid future occurrences... May the souls of the dead rest in peace (Amen).

There is need for urgent response to these people. Enough relief materials should be given to them as well as medical attention and post traumatic treatments.
Future occurrence should also be avoided by providing and putting necessary structures and facilities in place and also ensuring that structures are no illegally erected.

We are so lucky in this country to have someone like prof yemi Osinbajo as our vice president,he always show up when needed..i pray God to put an end to all this National disaster we are experiencing in this country.may God comfort the mind of the victims and their family..............Thank you Mr vice president for your usual support....God bless Nigeria

God will intervene in katsina state and Nigeria,evil occurences will stop and peace shall reign in our country

We all pray never to experience this kind of tragedy in our nation again, may the soul of every life lost rest in perfect peace and may the Good God keep on protecting we the livings. I will also urge and beg the government and every concerned party to do the needful so that we can avoid future occurrence of such calamity. God bless Nigeria

This is a good and swift move from the government to provide instant relief and assistance to the affected people.

What a disaster..May the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace.

All these evil occurrences are not things of joy but we pray that God will give the family the good heart to bear i,t may we not experience such again