The Nigerian Navy has distributed food and other relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by floods in various communities in Ahoada Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The items were distributed on Sunday, to about 5,000 affected persons at the Central IDP Camp in Ahoada, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), Pathfinder Port Harcourt, Suleiman Ibrahim, delivered the relief items including bags of rice, beans, garri, tubers of yams, and several cartons of noodles among others.
Addressing the IDPs, Mr. Ibrahim, a commodore, said the Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Gambo was worried about the plight of those affected by flood in the state and in the country at large.
He said, “The Chief of Naval Staff directed we distribute these relief items in collaboration with a private gas company, to ameliorate the pains of persons displaced by flood in Ahoada.
“The distribution of relief materials is borne out of our concerns for victims who had been displaced from their homes and sources of livelihoods.
“We are here to commiserate with the IDPs and to donate food and other palliatives to cater to the immediate needs of the victim.”
Ibrahim said a second phase of the distribution will take place after listening to the other needs of the affected persons.
