Flooding: ONELGA Sets Up Four IDP Camps

The Chairman of Ogba/ Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Ambassador Ifeanyi Odili, has set up four camps for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the area.
Recalled that thousand of persons were evacuated from their communities as a result of flood, Odili said two of the camps were in Ndoni, one in Omoku and one in Egbema, adding that his administration is committed to bringing relief to the flood victims.
He said relief items such as palm oil matrasses and other food items have been distributed to the IDPs.
The ONELGA chairman said efforts are being made to send medical experts to the four camps to ensure that their health challenges are taken care off.
He said it is regrettable the level of damages the flood has caused the inhabitants of the area. “The flood has destroyed both agriculture and aquatic lives and farmland.”
Amb Odili pleaded with the federal government agents in charge of natural disaster to assist the council to ameliorate the untold hardship the people are facing, saying the council expected much from National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
He said the state government has always assisted the council with relief materials.
The council boss also said adequate sensitisation and campaign have been carried out to the people to enable them handle the flood situation.