By Aideloje Ojo
Minna
The Nami Support Organisation floated by the immediate past Executive Chairman of Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mohammad Mamman Mani has called on Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger state to urgently account for the disbursement and distribution of all relief materials and cash donations to victims of the last year flood disaster in Mokwa area of the state.
The Director General of the Nami Support Organisation, Sanusi Muhammad Umar, stated this in a press statement issued in Minna at the weekend.
He explained that his principal personally transferred a donation of N10 million into the Niger State Emergency Distress account with First Bank on 10th June 2025 in addition to other relief materials worth over N20m.
He said, ” this call for accountability became necessary following public concern over the omission of some donations from the recently released list by the state government, especially the donations by the Niger South Foundation, worth thirty million naira (N30,000,000)”.
According to him, “on 5th June 2025, a letter to Governor Mohammed Umar Bago through the Niger State Emergency Management Agency NSEMA titled: Letter of Condolence and Support to Mokwa Flood Victims, was personally signed by Muhammad Nami and received on 11th June, 2025 in which the donations were made known.
“The donated items included 500 pieces of wrappers, 1,000 buckets, mattresses, and 100 pieces of pillows worth N20 million and N10 million in cash, making a total of N30 million”, he said.
The Director General explained that the call for accountability is not to apportion blame but to promote transparency and ensure that relief materials intended for the disaster victims reach the actual beneficiaries.
He expressed concern that despite the documentation of the donations and the wide media coverage it received, the official donor list recently published did not carry his principal’s name, indicating sorts of abnormalities.
He said, We therefore called on the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) and all other relevant authorities managing the Mokwa flood Relief Funds and materials to immediately review all records of donations received and publish a supplementary/ updated list that accurately reflects all contributions, including those of Nigersouth Foundation”.
