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The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has begun distribution of relief materials worth N90 million to some communities ravaged by flood recently in the Niger Delta.
Read More PLATFORM Petroleum Limited has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to flood victims at Beneku community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State.
Read More STERLING Oil Exploration and Energy Limited, SEEPCO, has donated relief materials to no fewer than 25 communities in Delta and Bayelsa States affected by the perennial flood as part of its corporate social responsibility.
The flood team leader, Col I. Nuhu, alongside Mr Selebi Tarebi and Gen. Kurata, who visited the effected communities, said the relief materials were meant to cushion the effects of the flooding that destroyed their farmlands and sources of livelihood.
Communities in Delta State where relief materials were distributed are Bomadi, Enekorogha, Kalafiogbene, Ogriagbene, Ebeberegbene and Asaba-Ase, while communities in Bayelsa State where relief materials were donated by SEEPCO were Sagbama, Toru-Otua, Apelebiri, Abodobiri, Adagbabiri, Angalabiri, Tamukunu, Asamabiri and Angiama.
Gen. Kurata who spoke, said SEEPCO feels the pain and suffering occasioned by the flood, stressing that the company will continue to identify with the people in their challenges since they are allies to its operations.
He noted that the communities have been so peaceful with the dealings of the company in ensuring the smooth running of its daily business stressing that, the company wilk always be responsive to its corporate social issues.
Kurata advised the communities to make good use of the cash donation and relief materials to every affected persons .
Mr. Joseph Bekesuoyeibo, Chairman, Bomadi Federated community who was represented by its vice Chairman, who spoke on behalf of other Community Chairmen thanked SEEPCO for coming to their aid and he also tasked the Company to do more in its responsibilities to their impacted communities of operation.
ABUJA-AS flood waters recede across the country, a firm called Safewater Energy and Environmental Restoration Limited, SWEERGLOBAL, at the weekend, unveiled plans to assist women and children affected by the disaster.
Read More THE International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD-assisted Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP has donated relief materials and farm inputs worth over N50 million to farmers affected by the recent flood disaster in Anambra State.
Read More THE Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to reactivate the Office of Drainage Service in the state in order to checkmate potential flood hazard.
Read More The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed food and other items to more than 800 people displaced by flood in five local government areas of Rivers.
Read More Alhaji Adamu Maigoro, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Jigawa Chapter, on Friday said the recent flooding in the state destroyed over 100,000 hectares of rice farms.
Read More Occupants of three IDP camps in Asaba, Delta State, who are victims of the floods ravaging several communities in the state got some succour as Solace For She And Child Care Initiative, a Non Governmental Organisation supported by Ladycare sanitary pads, Sankin Nigeria Limited and other donors brought relief materials to them.
Read More The House of Representatives on Wednesday, advised the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to immediately address the plight of victims of the recent flood in Ahoada, Ogba, Egbema and Ndoni communities of Rivers.
Read More The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society (at the National and State levels) have distributed relief materials to over 400 families in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp at Oneh Primary School, Asaba.
Read More In Niger, Edo, Delta, Anambra , Kogi, Rivers, Bayelsa, Benue, Kaduna, Kwara, Kano and kastina states, the tales are the same–flood victims are ruing their looses.
Read More Victims of submerged Gbekebor community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State have appealed to the state and federal governments to urgently send relief materials to the community.
Read More THOUSANDS of displaced Deltans from Delta South senatorial district affected by the ravaging flood in parts of the state, weekend, received succor from the senator representing the district at the national assembly, Senator James Manager who donated items to them in a bid to cushion the effect of the flood on them.
Read More Yenagoa, Oct. 19, 2018 (NAN) The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday described the flood that ravaged some communities in Bayelsa as a “monumental disaster.”
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