Two years after the 2022 floods in Delta, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) distributed palliatives and relief materials to victims on Saturday.

Delta’s representative on the NDDC board, Monday Igbuya, said at the ceremony in Sapele that the gesture was part of efforts to address current economic realities in the region.

He noted that the initiative was part of responses by President Bola Tinubu to address the plights of flood victims grappling with the present economic crunch.

“You remember the flood that happened in 2022 when President Bola Tinubu, the NDDC Managing Director, and the chairman of the board were not in office.

“When the issue came up, President Tinubu graciously approved this relief operation,’’ Mr Igbuya said, noting that the flood victims were still in the throes of the incident two years later.

Mr Igbuya stressed that the president’s “Renewed Hope’’ agenda made it imperative for the NDDC to reach out to the flood victims, most of whom were still faced with mounting challenges from the disaster.

He reiterated NDDC’s commitment to programmes that would affect the people positively, emphasising that the board was engaging in activities that truly reflected the people’s needs and its mandate.

In his remarks, Onoriode Ogodo thanked the NDDC and the Federal Government on behalf of flood victims in the Sapele-Okpe community.

He said items distributed would go a long way in supporting those who lost their homes and means of livelihood to the 2022 floods.

On his part, Felix Emuobo, president-general of the Elume community in Sapele Local Government Area, said the materials, when used judiciously, would support the people through difficult times.

“I commend the NDDC for bringing relief to us,’’ he said.

The items distributed were bags of rice and beans, mattresses, vegetable oil, noodles, toiletries, and tomato pastes.

Among the other relief materials distributed were boats, cassava milling machines, sewing and grinding machines, and salt.

Community leaders across the 25 local government areas of the Delta women and youth groups were on hand to receive the relief materials.

(NAN)