The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated relief materials to victims of the 2018 flood disaster that submerged parts of Bayelsa and displaced about 150,000 residents.
Dr Dakuku Peterside, the Director-General of NIMASA said on Thursday that the agency made the intervention to assist in rehabilitation process of the people affected by the flood disaster.
Peterside, represented by Mr Kelvin Ogbuanu, Assistant Director, Procurement at NIMASA presented the materials to the Director-General of Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency, Major Zedekiah Isu (Rtd) in Yenagoa.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the truckload of the items included; mattresses, beddings, toiletries, detergents, bottled water and assorted food items.
Ogbuanu urged the emergency agency to ensure that the materials were given to the victims who are in its records.
He said that NIMASA under the leadership of Peterside had developed a Corporate Social Responsibility’ policy by setting up a committee to work out a template for its implementation.
He said that NIMASA had already intervened in 20 states affected by the 2018 flood disaster across the country.
Responding, Isu assured that the items would be distributed judiciously amongst flood victims across the eight local government areas.
He applauded NIMASA for identifying with the victims and called for the need to assist fllod-prone states ahead ahead of the rainy season.
The Bayelsa Government had opened Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across the eight local government areas of the state where 150,000 victims were kept for two months before they were closed in November 2018.===NAN
