Delta opens 10 IDP camps, as 19 LGAs go under flood

By Adeleye Kunle

The Delta State Government has opened 10 camps to accommodate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) impacted by the flood in 19 out of 25 Local Government Areas of the state.

The Director-General, State Orientation Bureau, Mr Eugene Uzum, said this at a news conference on the government efforts to save lives and properties in the wake of the ravaging flood across the state on Friday in Asaba.

Uzum said that in addition to the 10 established IDP camps, Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) built two camps in the Warri axis to augment.
According to Uzum, DESOPADEC is also opening blocked drains in the area to enable water flow in order to mitigate the impact on the communities.

He noted that the situation has become pathetic and worrisome that some of the impacted communities had been invaded by reptiles; snakes and crocodiles.

Uzum called on the Federal Government, corporate organisations and charitable individuals to come to the people’s aid and provide relief materials to ameliorate their sufferings at this auspicious time.

He said while the immediate intervention is to save the impacted persons, their families and their properties, the Federal Government should build new dams along the coastal areas to ensure a more permanent solution to the yearly flooding