NADMO officials during the presentationThe Eastern Regional branch of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has presented a number of relief items to the Kwahu East District Assembly.
The items, valued at GH¢50,000, were meant to be distributed to 163 people, who are displaced following clashes between Fulani herdsmen and some farmers in 12 communities, which led to the deaths of 10 people in the area.
The items included two large polytanks, 80 student mattresses, 70 rubber buckets, 30 polymats, 70 rubber bowls, 100 mosquito nets, 150 cups and 150 rubber plates.
Other items were 30 blankets, 10 bags of 25kg rice, five bales of second-hand clothing, five cartons of washing soap and five cartons of mosquito coil.
The affected communities include Mpaemu, Dwerebrease, Obonyam No 1&2, Asesseso, Derkokrom, Asumasu No 1&2, Atta-ne-Atta, Atuobikrom, Yaw Tenkrom and Abotriansa, all in the district.
The Regional Director of NADMO, Kwame Appiah Kodua, during the presentation, said his outfit presented the items to the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Kwahu East, Isaac Agyapong, for onward distribution to the affected people in the communities.
Mr Kodua said NADMO had entreated the DCE, who doubles as chairman of the District Disaster Management Organization Committee, to ensure the even distribution of the items to the affected people in the communities.
“A team from NADMO in the region earlier visited the affected communities to do critical assessment of the situation and interacted with the displaced people to know what they needed most”.
He added that “the DCE for Kwahu East briefed officials of NADMO about the peace process in the area and I was therefore satisfied with the deployment of 85 police officers to the affected communities where the attacks took place.”
Mr Agyapong, who received the items on behalf of the affected people in the communities, commended NADMO for presenting the items to the Assembly and promised to ensure that all the relief items would be distributed equally.
The DCE observed that children who were supposed to be in school could not attend classes due to the clashes in the area.
He called on the affected people to remain calm since every household would be duly served.
The DCE also advised teachers and school-children to go back to school to avoid the collapse of the schools.
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