By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
THE Delta South Senatorial Candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (retd), has visited flood victims at Igbide and Ofagbe communities in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas to share in their discomfort.
Commodore Nesiama used the opportunity to donate relief materials to the flood victims, just as he sympathized with them.
Flooded road
Some of the items included: bags of garri, bags of rice, loaves of bread, tubers of yam, bags of sugar, bags of salt, cartons of indomie noodles, spaghetti, detergents and toiletries, onion and pepper pastes, biscuits and power oil.
Nesiama urged politicians and well-meaning individuals to put politics aside and render help to the disoriented flood victims.
Nesiama delivering relief materials
Stonix News reports that Commodore Nesiama was flanked by the NNPP Delta State House of Assembly Candidate, Isoko North Constituency, Dr. Daniel Uroghome during the visit.
The retired naval officer also called on the Federal and Delta State governments to immediately put in measures at mitigating the perennial flood and its effect on the people.
A submerged building
He expressed shock at the level of damage the flood has caused the people in the two communities.
Lamenting, he said: “The magnitude of this flood, I did not know, as it did not get to me until I got to this place to see for myself. I was on my way to Igbide to sympathize with the people.
“Unfortunately, as you can see for yourself, that we could not drive through this water. This is a major road, it’s not a pathway, and we couldn’t drive through.
“The chairman of the party has to come through with canoe to get here and we have been advised clearly that we can’t get there with vehicles.
Relief materials being delivered
“That even with the boat it will take us two hours to get there because there are no speed boats, it has to be paddle. And we have things that we want to give to those people in distress.”
Meanwhile, Delta State NNPP Chairman, Chief Friday Efetobor, who received the relief materials on behalf of Igbide people, called on the Federal and State Government to come to the rescue of the flood victims.
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