5 Months After, NDDC Distributes Palliatives to Flood Victims in Rivers

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commenced distribution of palliatives to flood victims in eight local government areas of Rivers State about five months after the floods subsided.
The relief materials were packed in 24 trucks made up of 47 items, according to the Rivers State representative on the NDDC Board, Chief Tony Okocha, who presented the materials to representatives of the communities in Port Harcourt last weekend.
Okocha, who said the items would help the victims to recover from their losses, pledged on behalf of the Chairman of the board of the NDDC the resolve of the commission to give Rivers State and Niger Delta a new lease of life.
“We are there to defend and protect all projects in the Renewed Hope Agenda, the mantra on which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ascended the leadership of this country. President Tinubu has very serious concern about the welfare of Nigerians. Today is one of those demonstrations of the President’s responsiveness to the problems of Nigerians,” he said.
He urged the local government chairmen to ensure judicious distribution of the relief materials to flood victims.
The benefitting flood victims are from Tai, Asari/Toru, Ahoada East, Ahoada West, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Abua/Odual, Akuku-Toru and Andoni Local Government Areas.
Okocha urged the local government representatives to ensure that only those that bore the brunt of the natural disasters should benefit from the distribution.
The Director of the NDDC in Rivers State office, Mr. Theophilus Allagoa, explained that the delay in the delivery of relief materials to the 2023 flood victims was due to the change in the NDDC board and management.
He urged the communities to report to NDDC if the materials did not get to them.
Responding on behalf of the flood victims, Chairman of Ahoada-West local government area of the state, Hon. Hope Ikiriko, expressed gratitude to President Tinubu and the NDDC for the gesture.