According to the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, and the National Emergency Management Agency, last year floods ravaged several parts of the county of which three million, two hundred and nineteen thousand, seven hundred and eighty persons, with no fewer than six hundred and twelve were killed.
One million, four hundred and twenty seven persons were affected by the floods, one hundred and eighty one thousand, six hundred houses were partially damaged, and another one hundred and twenty three thousand, eight hundred and seven houses were totally damaged.
In Rivers State, several communities in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni, Ahoada East, Ahoada West and Abua/Odual and parts of other local government were most hit by the flood.
Officials from the Ministry of Niger Delta received the relief items on behalf of the National Emergency Management Agency in Port Harcourt.
Thousands of bags of rice and garri, mattresses, shovels, cutlasses, cement, stoves, noodles, and good quantities of perishable items are among the items being donated through the Ministry of Niger Delta for distribution to the beneficiaries.
