The Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda has expressed dismay while commiserating with the government and people of Katsina state over the recent flood disaster in Jibia that left in its trail deaths and destruction of properties worth millions of Naira.
In a condolence message to the Governor of the state, Aminu Bello Masari in Abuja,the DG who is currently in the United States of America on official assignment described the incident as unfortunate and a disaster too much to bear, adding that “it’s something we cannot avoid ,when it happens . We take solace in the fact that Allah gives and he takes.”
While commiserating with families that lost their loved ones, Dr.Radda commended the efforts of the state Governor for his rapid response to the disaster, saying, he is indeed a proactive personality, I read from this side of the world the yeoman’s job the governor did during the flood disaster. He also commended the Federal Government for its quick Intervention through the instrumentality of National Emergency Management Agency NEMA who synergised with the Katsina State Emergency Management Agency SEMA to ameliorate the hardship suffered by the displaced people.
The SMEDAN boss paid glowing tribute to the Vice President, Professor YemiOsinbajo who personally visited the state to empathise with the state government and victims of the flood disaster. He has demonstrated true leadership and his words of assurance to victims would surely go a long way in raising hope for them.
