Emma Amaize
1 June 2009
The NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday handed over to Delta State government its Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp set up for the victims of the conflict between the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger- Delta and militants in the creeks of Warri South-West Local Government at Ogbe-Ijoh community.
The camp located at Emein Elementary School, Ogbe-Ijoh, would now be relocated by the state government to the General Hospital, Ogbe-Ijoh, which is currently under-utilized to provide more accommodation and allow pupils of the school to resume academic work, according to the Head, Public Relations of NEMA, Yushau A. Shuaib.
The South-South and South-East zonal officers of NEMA, Mr. Martin Osuwah and Dr. Onimode Bandele, respectively, who supervised activities at the camp handed additional relief materials, including foodstuffs, clothing, beddings, cutleries, among other items to Chairman of Delta State Rehabilitation Committee , Mr. Kingsley Otuaro.
With Otuaro during the handover ceremony were Mr. Peter Nkenchor, Secretary, State Rehabilitation Committee; DSP Ufot Ekim, Divisional Police Officer of Ogbe-Ijoh, Eghworo Ovocity, Secretary, Nigerian Red Cross Society Delta State and Joe Layabout, representing State Security Service.
It was learnt that NEMA, the State Rehabilitation Committee would soon undertake a post- crisis assessment to determine the need analysis of the victims when the tide is clear.
Various items, including bags of parboiled rice, beans and garri, iodized salt, blankets, plastic buckets, spoons, plates, cups, wax print, bales of children wears, cartons of bath soap, Omo detergent, jerry cans of vegetable oil, nylon mats, bath towels and mattresses had earlier been distributed to the victims. The Director General of NEMA, AVM Mohammed Audu-Bida (Retd.), was personally at the IDP camp to officially flag off the distribution of the materials.
After seeking the approval of Joint Task Force (JTF) in Warri, Audu-Bida also directed movement of relief materials to the remote creeks affected b y the crisis.
The materials were distributed in Opedebobor, Dobiyo, Ugborodo, Azama, Oporoza, Enekoroa, Igoba, Kurutie and Kunukunuma communities.
Be the first to Write a Comment!
Copyright © 2009 Vanguard. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
