By Kelvin Obambon
Saturday 8th June, 2024 was a day marked with excitement in Bayside, Calabar South local government area as the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) distributed hundreds of relief materials to members of the riverine community.
The distribution of the relief materials is an effort by the NDDC that aims to cushion the effects of flooding on distressed communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, the Commissioner representing Cross River in NDDC, who carried out the distribution exercise at playground of Efe Ekpe Efik Iboku in Eyamba Street, said the relief materials were a palliative measure and intervention by the Commission to ameliorate the sufferings of the people in the area.
He disclosed that NDDC as an interventionist agency is committed to providing succor to communities in the 6 Niger Delta States, especially in this time of difficulties.
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“The palliatives we have brought today might not be too much but it will at least go a long way in assisting you.
“The materials are made of both edibles and materials that can be used to earn a living, we encourage you to put them to judicious use while I can assure you that we as an agency will try to assist you as much as we can,” Duke said.
The Calabar South Constituency 1 community liaison officer, Hon. Bassey Edem Effiwatt who spoke on behalf of the community, thanked the NDDC representative for considering them as one of the beneficiaries, especially in this critical time.
The relief materials distributed include mattresses, bags of rice, bags of beans, wheel barrows, fishing nets, shovels, cartons of noodles, pillows, mats, cartons of tomatoes and other essential household items.
