Rivers Flood Victims Get Relief Materials From Agency

The Chairman, Governing Council, Nigeria Maritime Management and Safety Agency (NIMAMSA), Honourable Asita O. Asita has said that the relief materials donated to flood victims in Rivers state was to cushion the effect of the flood on them.
Asita said this when he donated relief materials worth millions of naira to the four affected  Orashi Local Government Areas in Port Harcourt at the weekend.
He explained that the core four Orashi Local Government Areas, had over the years suffered tremendously due to flood.
According to him, the best way to show concern as a responsible agency was to assist the victims via donations.
He expressed regrets that people in the Orashi area now suffer a level of hardship due to flood related challenges.
“The materials are for the flood victims of Ahoada East, Ahoada West, Abua/Odual and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Areas of Rivers state”, he said.
On why the Agency decided to donate items like Motorcycles, Hair Dryers and others, he said the idea was to assist the victims bounce back to economic live.
He maintained that such materials other than food items will impact positively on the lives of the people and as well, enable them forget the negative effect of the flood.
The Chairman, NIMAMSA Governing Council, also recalled that the afore mentioned Rivers Local Government Areas, have repeatedly experienced flood since 2012.
In his reaction, the representative of Ahoada West Local Government Area, Mr Awori Miller, pointed out that  the materials came when the people needed it most.
Miller also called on the River State Government to work out modalities on how to assist flood victims in the state, as he lauded the Federal Agency over its gesture.
Some of the items donated include, tricycles, motorcycles, barbing and hair dressing equipment, mattresses as well as food stuff.

By: King Onunwor