Delta Govt Promises To Provide Support For Flood Victims
With water level rising in coastal communities in Delta State , the state Government has promised to provide support for flood victims in the state.
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s Chief Press Secretary , Sir Festus Ahon, said this while appearing on a television programme in Asaba on Saturday,
The governor, he noted, remains committed to ensuring that all residents of the state are protected and catered for in line with his administration’s M.O.R.E Agenda.
He, however, called on those living in flood hazard areas to relocate to higher grounds as the government is making adequate arrangements to accommodate them at the Internally Displaced ( IDP) Camps nearest to them.
‘As soon as we got the warning on the impending flood, our hard working governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, set up a high-powered flood management Committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kingsley Emu.
The committee set to work immediately, and we have been alerting residents living in such flood hazard areas to move to higher grounds.
In the interim, we are setting up camps in Asaba, Kwale, Patani, Ozoro and Otu-Jeremi for the people to go there.
The flood management Committee, in collaboration with the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has been going round coastal communities to enlighten the people that the flood is coming and they should move to the camps nearest to them.
As a responsible government, the Oborevwori administration is ever committed to ensuring the safety of lives of all residents across the state.
As a committee, we have made arrangements for mattresses, feeding, electricity, water and medicals for the IDPs and we urge them to relocate to the camps nearest to them.
Apart from the above provisions, we have also made arrangements for school children to be taught at the camps’ he added-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
