NNU urges govts to declare emergency on flooding in Delta State

The President General of the pan-Ndokwa socio-cultural group, Ndokwa Neku Union (NNU), Mike Ndubisi, has called on the Federal and State governments to declare national emergency over the flood situation and swiftly step in to rescue people in Delta State.

According to Ndubuisi, the flood situation in Ndokwa East and parts of Ndokwa West, is devastating, noting that efforts made to rescue victims of the flooding were not enough.

The union called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and its state counterpart, SEMA, to step up actions by sending relief materials, including medicals to the victims at the various Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, particularly those in the Technical College, Kwale premises and Uzomuku Primary School in Ashaka, Ndokwa West and East Local Governments respectively.

According to the NNU president, the communities have been completely submerged by the surging flood, which he noted may not recede soon due to its current momentum thereby endangering the lives of the people who he said are homeless.

He appreciated individuals who have contributed to the ongoing efforts at alleviating the sufferings of the people concerned in what he described as a disaster of immeasurable magnitude currently pervading the Ndokwa/Ukwani federal Constituency.

“The NNU is deeply saddened by the flood that have no end in sight. The current flooding is the worst in the history of Ndokwa land. I appreciate the ‘administrators’ of the three Local Government areas that make up Ndokwa nation for their efforts thus far and call for more actions to help the people out of their current dilemma,” he said.

Ndubisi called for concerted efforts from oil companies operating in Ndokwa land to deploy resources and palliatives to cushion the “devastating effects” of the flood.

He further said that a Committee has been set up by the NNU to monitor developments in the flood ravaged areas and also interface with governments across board on how to handle the immediate and the long term effects of the situation in a post flood era.

He also called on the political establishment/politicians in Ndokwa land to do more than they are currently doing for their people, maintaining that the essence of humanity is to be one’s brother’s keeper.

“This is the time for politicians of Ndokwa extraction to show the people their much professed love by coming to the aid of the drowning Ndowa elders, women and children, who are hopeless in the face of the debilitating disaster that has befallen our nation.

“We need the federal government to expeditiously rise to the occasion by immediately sending relief materials to our people. Our representatives owe us a duty of care in this trying times as we also call on donor agencies all over the world to rescue Ndokwa nation from what nature has brought upon us. The state government and oil companies are not left out in the Save Our Soul (SOS) message.

“We want to see and feel the impacts of governments in the calamities that has befallen our nation without further delay to forestall collateral. damages.” The statement enthused,” he stated.