DTSG SET TO OPEN ONEH PRIMARY SCHOOL CAMP ASABA TO DISPLACED FLOOD VICTIMS

In two days time the Oneh Primary School Camp Asaba will be open to flood victims from the Okoh communities and the environs. 

The Delta state Commissioner for Environment, Honourable Christian Onogba, who disclosed this to newsmen while on a visit to the camp, said when operational it would decongest the Ogbe Afor Primary School camp currently housing close to 2,000 flood victims.

Honourable Onogba said conveniences were being put in place at the camp preparatory to its opening, adding that medical facilities and regular food supplies would be maintained to make the camp conducive to the on inmates.

The Commissioner said the state government was being proactive to the predicted flooding in order to reduce the impact on would be victims, pointing out that canals were being opened in flood prone areas, while strictures erected on natural waterways were being demolished.

He advised persons living in flood prone areas of Delta state to relocate to the camps close to them in their own interest, explaining that the flooding was largely a natural disaster beyond the control of the state government. 

Onogba said in addition to the Ogbe Afor and Oneh Primary School camps in Asaba, meant to accommodate about 2000 displaced persons each, there were also camps in Kwale, Ozoro and Patani where flood victims could move into.

Meanwhile, the Environment Commissioner and his Higher Education counterpart, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, have visited the illegal mining sites on the Anwai Campus of the Delta State University for an on the spot assessment of the effect of the activities of the illegal miners.

Addressing newsmen after a tour of the site, the two Commissioners expressed shock at the extent of damage to the environment and vowed to move fast to stop further mining of stones on the campus in order to avert gulley erosion.

They said the first step would be to secure the affected sites, with close monitoring of the miners to ensure they did not come back, after which government would reclaim the sites, adding that matter would be reported to the State Executive Council for necessary action.