Flood: RSG Assures Victims Of Medical Attention …As Committee Visits More Camps

The Rivers State Government has assured thousands of flood victims in Orashi Region of adequate medical attention.
Chairman, Rivers State Flood Management Committee, Dr George Nwaeke, said this at Abua Central during the Committee’s visit to some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp for delivery of more relief materials to victims of flood.
Nwaeke said the State Governor, Nyesom Wike is concerned about their plights, stressing that the Governor is doing everything necessary to identify with them.
He also urged them to keep the camps neat to avoid sicknesses
Items donated include bags of rice, yam tubers, garri, cartons of indomie noodles, mattresses, large amount of cash and others.
The committee also made similar deliveries to camps in ogba Egbem/Ndoni and Ahoada West Local Government Areas, respectively.
He said so far the committee has coverd the four Local Government Areas in the delivery of food items and that the next phase is the provision of medical mattresses and others.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Red Cross Society has uged for the provision of more boats to evacuate those trapped in their communities.
The Red Cross Camp Commander, Abu a/Odual LGA, Mr Sokari Ikpokirikpa, told newsmen that some people are trapped in their communities, especially in the Odual axis.
He also said the three camps in Abua/Odual need medical attention, stressing that more than 20 communities in the LGA are submerged.
The Camp Commandant also commended the Chairman of Abu a/Odual for his intervention, but said the council alone cannot carry the burden, while commending Governor Wike for responding to the needs of the victims.
Also speaking, some of the victims from Adada and Ogboloma communities all in Odual axis said their communities are submerged by the flood.
Some of them, especially the women, complained of poor health conditions as they are made to sleep on the floor with children.
They said they need support in terms of mattresses, medical attention and money.
They decried the negligence and insensitivity of the Federal Government to render support and assistance to families of flood victims in the area.
The Victims who decried the devastating effect of the flood on their socio-economic wellbeing and properties, commended the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike “for demonstrating leadership in curtailing the hunger faced by the people”.
On his part, the member representing Abua/Odual and Ahoada East constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Solomon Bob, urged the Federal Government to build new dams and dredge major Rivers to forestall further perennial flooding in the country.
Noting that the flood has affected thousands of people in his constituency, he said mattresses and other items were also donated to victims in the various IDP camps.
Earlier, Chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA, Mr Vincent Job, and his Ahoada West counterpart, Hope Ikiriko, commended Governor Wike for his kind gesture promising that they will ensure equitable distribution of the materials to the flood victims in the area.

By: John Bibor