The National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the
registration of 53, 489 Internally
Displaced People (IDPS) in both Delta and
Anambra States, where flood has ravaged a
number of communities.
A
statement signed by the head of NEMA’s public
relations department, Mr Yushau Shuaib, stated
that “reliefs and rehabilitation officials of NEMA
confirmed that 28,764 internally displaced people
were registered in 11 camps of the 14 affected local
government councils in the state.”
The statement also revealed that “at least 11
pregnant women were successfully delivered of
their babies in the camps with the help of
paramedics.”
In Anambra State, the rescue officers are said to
have confirmed the registration of 24, 721 IDPs in
21 established camps of the six affected local
government councils, two of which were completely
submerged.
A woman was reportedly delivered of a set of
triplet in one of the camps, giving birth to three
boys.
Meanwhile President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived
some of the camps in Asaba, the Delta state
capital as he continued his nationwide tour of some
flood affected states.
The President is also expected to visit Anambra
West, East and Ogbaru today as part of the
inspection tour of the states affected by the current
devastating floods across the country.