In lieu of the recent flooding menace which had affected the State, the Delta State Government has finally agreed to make sure that they open up 10 camps which would be used to fully accommodate all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have been impacted by the flood in 19 out of 25 Local Government Areas of the state.
The Director-General, State Orientation Bureau, Mr Eugene Uzum, had also made this known at a news conference on the government’s efforts to save the lives and properties of her residents in the wake of the ravaging flood across the state on Friday in Asaba.
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Uzum said that in addition to the 10 established IDP camps, Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) had also built two camps in the Warri axis to augment.
According to Uzum, DESOPADEC is also opening some blocked drains in the area to enable water flow in order to mitigate the impact on the communities.
“The government has also opened up distribution centres at various locations to take the relief materials from the Federal Government, corporate organisations and individuals to support the displaced persons.
“The people have started enrolling at the various camps and I must say that the challenge has been critical and it’s going to be more than that of 2012.”
He added that his agency was working in collaboration with the traditional rulers, political aides, and president generals of the impacted communities to identify the vulnerable persons.
“As we speak, all the eight LGAs in Delta South; six LGAs in Delta North and five LGAs in Delta Central Senatorial Districts have been taken over by flood.
“Presently, we have both short and long-term solutions to this problem of yearly flooding; the current intervention to save lives and properties is one.
“The long-term solution has to do with the dredging of the River Benue and the River Niger as well and build the needed dams to take away the large volume of the water that flows across the impacted states.
“So, we are appealing to the Federal Government, corporate organisations and individuals to give their support to the impacted communities in the state,” Uzum said.
Uzum, however, said there had not been an official recorded report of death due to the flooding in the state.