Kogi state first lady, Rashida Bello has visited over ten Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps within the state capital Lokoja and other places disturbed by the massive floods that have submerged hundreds of houses and farmland across the state. Rashida Bello provided foodstuffs, blankets, rappers, torch lights, beverages and cash to cushion the suffering the flood victims are going through.
Beneficiaries described her as a mother who cares for their wellbeing and commended the state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for his earlier intervention to provide temporary places for them to stay until their flooded homes dry off.
Kogi First Lady also joined the wife of the Inspector General of Police and the President, Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) Hajara Alkali Baba to visit flood victims at their camps within lokoja and distributed relief materials. The IGP wife, Hajara Alkali Baba sympathized with the people, as she donated lots of foodstuffs, mattresses, and other none consumables worth twenty-five million naira to the victims. She appreciated the state governor and his wife for their supports so far to the victims.
Thereafter, the First lady visited the Reference Hospital, Okene to insects all departments including the mammography unit, and wards.