NDDC Provides Relief Items to Flood Victims in Bayelsa
The Niger Delta Development Commission has distributed palliatives to flood-prone communities across the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State.
The commission explained that the gesture was part of its efforts to mitigate the effects of flooding on the people of the state, according to a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni.
The Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, while speaking during the handover of the various palliatives in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, said the distribution of the relief materials was the interventionist agency’s response to the challenges confronting the people and a way of cushioning the effects of the perennial flooding in many communities across the state.
Ogbuku, who was represented by the NDDC Director, Procurement, Dr. Week Doodei, and the Director of the Bayelsa State Office of the Commission, Godknows Alamieyeseigha, said the palliatives were handed over to the representatives of the various communities to help them tackle their problems.
He urged community representatives in the flood-hit areas to judiciously distribute the materials, which included food and household items, farm inputs, and livelihood items such as canoes, fishing nets, and hooks, among others, to ensure that flood victims had something to fall back on after their losses.
The NDDC boss appealed to the benefiting community leaders to ensure that the items got to the vulnerable people in their areas, warning that hoarding and diversion of the items would not be tolerated.
