 The governor of Benway State, Hyacinth, has rolled out plans for the disbustment of the 5 billion IRA given by the federal government to cushion the effects of subsidy removal on citizens. Alaya, who was flagging off the distribution of food and non-food relief items to the distributor to victims of flood in about 21 local government areas of the state. Our correspondent Francis Thier reports that the governor also confirms that Benway State has already received 2 billion IRA out of the grant from the federal government and is now awaiting to receive the remaining funds. We have carefully considered and outlined two components for implementation in the state. The state government is going to train 2,000 youth in six areas of ICT. We're also going to give some grants to 5,000 women. Part of the palliative cushioning effect, the Benway State government is going to pay the exam fees for Waik and Neko. For the people living with special needs, there would be an increase in provision of equipment and food for rehabilitation centers. The director of NEMA, represented by Aziz Afankou, underscored the need for such intervention and called on the state government to ensure fair and equitable distribution of the materials to those affected by the 2022 flood. The executive secretary of Benway State Emergency Management Agency, Mr John Iropou, however, assured that the relief materials will be shared to the affected household. The federal government had approved five billion IRAs to each state of the federation to enable procurement of items for distribution to the people to mitigate the harsh effect of fuel subsidy removal. The agricultural inputs such as crop seedlings and equipment are given to take farmer back to the land, stimulate crop production and safeguard our national food security in the middle economic downturn. Furthermore, the intervention is to stimulate value chains activities at the grassroots. At the same time, the livelihood support items are meant to help artists to improve their business and grow the economy. After it is going to be distributed for about 19 local government in the state, so the items are here and assure the beneficiaries that everybody who was enumerated is going to have his or her items as a government.