Flood: Minister Promises Medical, Infrastructural Reliefs To Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Rivers, Others

Worried by the rising devastation of the States in the Niger Delta region by flood, the Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Hon. Umana Okon Umana, has disclosed plans to collaborate with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and other federal government parastatals and State governments to offer medical and infrastructural assistance to impacted communities in the affected States.

Hon. Umana, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, expressed sympathy for the hundreds of thousands of persons displaced by the ravaging flood, and the families of those who have lost their loved ones.

Hon. Umana said his Ministry was collaborating NEMA, to assist communities in Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and other States by providing relief materials to displaced persons, with plans to rebuild damaged infrastructures across the region.

The Minister said he wss in touch with President Muhammadu Buhari on the immediate action to be taken once the flood recedes, “but we are working with SEMA and NEMA on the provisions of immediate reliefs materials to people in their various states.”