From Our Correspondent
In order to ensure that persons and families displaced by flood are not exposed to water-borne diseases, Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo has begun the drilling of boreholes at Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps.
According to the state government, this will ameliorate the hardship that the displaced persons go through while searching for water.
Briefing newsmen yesterday in Lokoja, Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo said Governor Ododo directed the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, RUWASSA, to immediately begin borehole drilling in IDPs camps to ensure sufficient supply of clean water.
The governor gave the directive while on a visit to some IDP camps yesterday, just as he directed the provision of more relief materials to the camps.
To ensure effectiveness, a service provider, Komforte Koncept has been engaged by the state government to supply the relief materials.The swift action was as a result of the increasing population and the challenges faced.
RUWASSA was given a 48-hour deadline to complete the drilling and installation of the necessary materials to ensure that residents of the camps have access to clean water.
Governor Ododo also expressed satisfaction with the service provider contracted to deliver relief materials, including food, medicals and other materials to the IDP camps.
He said government is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of its citizens and that no one would be left behind.
He reassured residents that government would continue to provide support to IDPs and work towards their rehabilitation and reintegration into the society.
The relief materials, which include food items, clothing, medicals and other essential supplies, were distributed to the IDP camps in a bid to alleviate the suffering of those affected by the devasting flood.
