The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has provided maternal delivery kits and cholera vaccines to ameliorate the pains of displaced inhabitants of flood-ravaged communities in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Speaking at the flag-off of the distribution of the medical kits and cholera vaccination at the Akinima Primary Health Centre, the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Gbene Dr Joi Nunieh, underlined the importance of ensuring good healthcare for communities in the Niger Delta region.
She remarked: “We are aware that most communities in Ahoada West LGA have been submerged by floods that have caused so much physical devastation, psychological trauma and financial loss.”The NDDC Chief Executive Officer explained that the Commission had to intervene urgently by providing cholera vaccines for residents of the flooded communities, as well as supplying maternal delivery kits to curb child and maternal deaths.
She stated: “The potential for huge outbreaks of cholera and spread of epidemic proportions in these flooded locations is real, hence the need for an urgent intervention to prevent or at least minimize such occurrences that can cost lives.”
Nunieh re-affirmed the determination of the NDDC Interim Management Committee to give priority to the development of rural communities and collaborate with state governments and Community Development Committees.
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