Delta NUJ To DTSG: Establish Permanent IDP Camps Across The Three Senatorial Districts

By Daniel Dafe

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta Council has called on the Delta State Government to “as a matter of urgency, cause the establishment of permanent IDP camps across the three (3) senatorial districts in the light of the perennial flooding in the state,” adding: “Relief materials provision should be stepped up for the victims, while continuous sensitization should be made to people in flood-prone areas.”

This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the congress of the union at the Press Centre Maryam Babangida Way, Asaba, on Tuesday, 29th October 2024.

The Congress, presided over by the State NUJ Chairman, Comrade Churchill Oyowe also resolved that “given the prevailing economic hardship, the state government should direct that the free days being given to civil servants be exclusively reserved for farming purposes and further create a special farming scheme for civil servants to boost food security,” just as Delta NUJ also urged the government to “regulate the activities of touts masquerading as housing agents, whose activities lead to arbitrary increases in house rent.”

The communiqué, signed by Churchill Oyowe, Chairman, NUJ Delta Council, Victor Sorokwu, Secretary, NUJ Delta Council and members of the Communique Drafting Committee comprised of Aiwerie Okungbowa (Chairman), Andy Emephia (Secretary) and Barth Inneh-Ozah (Member), reads further: “As a way of ensuring the safety of motorists and pedestrians in the Asaba Capital Territory, Congress-in-session urges the state government to address the issue of missing or vandalized concrete slabs and manholes on our roads, especially within the Asaba metropolis, as their absence poses a grave danger to lives.

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“The state government should urgently look into the activities of the various task forces in the transport sector, saddled with the responsibility of collecting levies from mostly tricycle operators, leading to an arbitrary increase in transport fares being experienced by the already burdened citizens of the state.

“Congress-in-session also appeals to the state government, to fully enforce the implementation of already signed laws, such as the Public and Private Properties Protection Law 2018 ( DEVE), Anti Open Grazing Law 2021, and sundry others, to encourage more investments in the state and bring about a high level of normalcy.”