The Millennium Development Goals office, Abuja is to scale up its conditional cash transfer scheme to cushion the effect of flooding on the people.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs, Dr. Precious Gbeneol announced this while presenting relief materials worth over seven million naira to internally displaced persons at Father Joseph Memorial High School resettlement camp, Aguleri. Some of the materials donated include 300 bags of rice, 200 cartoons of tomatoes and twenty five cartoons of milk among others.

Dr.  Gbeneol who said the materials were to alleviate the burden of those displaced by the flood expressed concern that the success recorded in poverty reduction, improvement in the health of children and mothers, access to water, sanitation and environmental sustainability may be impeded if proactive measures were not taken.

Governor Peter Obi in his speech thanked President Goodluck Jonathan and the MDGs office for the intervention and commitment to ameliorating the suffering of the displaced persons. He explained than necessary commitments and other measures are in place to sustain prudent and transparent distribution of the relief materials, while soliciting for more interventions.

The Anglican Bishop of  Mbamili Diocese, Right Reverend Henry Okeke thanked the SSA to the President for personally coming to identify with the victims. He noted that Governor Obi and his team have provided more than enough food and other daily needs to the 23 camps across the State.