The Niger Delta Improvement Fee has distributed palliatives to flood-prone communities within the eight native authorities areas of Bayelsa State.
The fee defined that the gesture was a part of its efforts to mitigate the impression of floods on the individuals of the state, in line with an announcement issued on Thursday in Port Harcourt by Pius Ughakpoteni, Director of Company Affairs of the NDDC.
The Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, whereas talking on the handover of the varied palliatives in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, stated the distribution of the reduction supplies was the response of the interventionist company to the challenges confronted by the persons are confronted and a strategy to take in the emergency support. the impression of ongoing flooding in lots of communities throughout the state.
Ogbuku, who was represented by the NDDC Director of Procurement, Dr. Week Doodei, and the Director, Bayelsa State Workplace of the Fee, Godknows Alamieyeseigha, stated the palliatives have been handed over to the representatives of the varied communities to assist them tackle their issues. points.
He reaffirmed the NDDC’s dedication to ameliorating the challenges confronted by the individuals of the Niger Delta, saying: “We share within the ache of the flood victims in Bayelsa State. We notice that they’ve misplaced rather a lot that can not be changed.
“We guarantee you that the NDDC has superb applications for the individuals of the Niger Delta area and as many individuals as potential will profit from the distribution of the palliatives.”
He urged group representatives within the flood-affected areas to judiciously distribute the supplies, together with meals and home items, agricultural inputs and livelihood gadgets equivalent to canoes, fishing nets and hooks, to make sure that victims of the floods had one thing to do. what they’ll fall again on after their losses.
He added: “The NDDC is not only about constructing roads and bodily infrastructure. We additionally intervene in social companies.
“We’ll monitor the distribution of those palliatives to make sure they attain the affected areas. This intervention will happen in all NDDC mandate states as a result of the Fee was established to deal with conditions like this.”
The NDDC boss appealed to the beneficiary group leaders to make sure that the gadgets attain the weak individuals of their areas, warning that hoarding and diversion of the gadgets wouldn’t be tolerated.
After inspecting the reduction supplies loaded on many vehicles, the representatives of the NDDC boss directed the group leaders to make sure that the varied gadgets have been taken to the varied native authorities areas and communities the place they’d be distributed.
