Once again recent event of FLOOD Disaster besieging Nigeria has in many ways exposed the inadequacies and inefficiencies of Government preparedness in Times of Emergency.
Despite the swift response and magnanimity of President JONATHAN by releasing FUNDS to States affected according to the impact suffered, such as Category (A) Delta, kogi and Imo State etc...
Thus, it's has come to Our Notice that some of this State Government have not been able to meet the needs of Flood Victims
Unlike Other affected States DELTA STATE is taking a clear lead as Our CARING Governor Emmanuel Ewetan UDUAGHAN (CON) demonstrated true compassion leaving No Stone unturned in alleviating the SUFFERINGS of the FLOOD VICTIMS by immediately Setting up Committees Chaired by Rtd. Supreme Court Judge, Justice Francis TABAI to Manage 500Million Flood Fund to address all issues to make life more comfortable for the Victims raging from MEDICARE, FOOD, RELIEF MATERIALS & ENTERTAINMENT to calm frustration and recently SKILLS Acquisition was introduced in Camps to occupy Victims positively while adequate arrangement is in progress to resettle them back to their various Homes. What A POT POURI Delight!
Little WONDER, there has been a recent Flock of Internally Displaced Persons from all over the Nation to Relief Camps across Delta State to seek "SUCCOR" and be a Partaker of the UDUAGHAN-CARE Initiative, this No Doubt is a BIG Plus to the Administration of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan who is ever commited on TOUCHING the LIVES of Deltans Positively.
"The WELFARE of Lives & Property of Deltans is My First Priority_UDUAGHAN affirmed
NO WONDER! Victims of Disaster from KOGI State RAN to the warm embrace of UDUAGHAN for REFUGE, making DELTA STATE their "NEW HEAVEN" Hmmm!
INDEED! UDUAGHAN has Scored An "A" PLUS
WELL DONE BOSS!
MOA,
Below is an excerpt from Vanguard Nigeria.
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South
HUNDREDS of victims of the flood disaster in Kogi State are reportedly trooping to Delta State, where they believe Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is more compassionate in the aftermath of the natural calamity.
Just two days ago, flood victims in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, besieged the streets, accusing the state government of abandoning them for over one week, in spite of huge funds and relief materials collected on their behalf.
The protesters, some of who wore overcast faces, a number dressed in threadbare dresses , others had their babies strapped behind them, alleged that government officials had diverted food items meant for them into private use.
Unknown to the Kogi flood victims, majority of the flood camps in Delta were in the process of winding up and the victims were already returning home to restart life.
Delta State Committee of Flood, headed by Justice Francis Tabai (rtd), ran into some of the victims from Kogi barely 24 hours after its inauguration. The committee members met the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, from Kogi pleading desperately with officials at the Illah camp, Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area, to allow them in, as they were hungry.
A source told Sunday Vanguard, “The committee noticed over 100 women and children fresh presumably IDPs locked outside the gate of the camp, as officials refused them in on the grounds that the camp was winding up and there were no relief materials for their upkeep”.
The victims told members of the committee that they were from Kogi and needed care, but they were advised to to go to Asaba or any other designated camp close to them for registration, as the Illah camp was, indeed, winding up.
A member of the committee said: “As at when we visited Illah flood victims’ camp, there were only 45 families remaining in the said camp. The development we were told by officials of the camp was quite understandable due to the fact that majority of the said IDPs are farmers and fishermen/women from neighbouring Kogi and Anambra states, who are very eager to return to their trades, especially since now is the peak period of their trade.”
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-@MOAgbajoh
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