Will The NUPRC Aid Sustain Cross River Flood Victims?
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Godwin AJOM, Calabar
The 2022 flood victims in Cross River State, having waited for so long, have been remembered, with the recent distribution of relief items to them by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
The relief items that were received by the Cross River state Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu, include; mattresses, cartons of vegetable oil and bags of rice, according to the deputy governor.
He said: “My concern really has been that some of these relief materials should come on time, so that those affected would not suffer unduly. You can imagine the 2022 floods have come and gone and if the relief is just coming now, there are those who may have died out of hunger. I will plead that the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency should be proactive.
“It’s not as if these floods just come instantaneously, there were predictions by NIMET that these floods will come. So I think in future, there should be productivity towards preparing for these floods,”
Meanwhile, according to the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Engineer Gbenga Komolafe who spoke through Mr Tony Ukpo from the commission, “we are here to see how we can support flood victims. We cannot solve every problem, but this will at least put a smile on your face.”
According to him, the NUPRC is targeting flood victims across four states of Imo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Bayelsa states. Although, some of the flood victims had suffered grievous loss of lives and property running into millions of naira.
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When contacted, the Cross River state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)’s Director General, Princewill Ayim, said the distribution will be targeted at the communities under, Ogoja, Obubra, Biase and Etung local governments who are most affected by the disaster.
“The materials are not enough, so we are going to attend to selected worst-hit communities in Ogoja, Etung, Biase, and Obubra local governments.
“We want to see how we can reach those communities highly affected first, before reaching the partially affected communities, we will still try as much as possible to reach others.”
