Governor Okowa |
Delta State Commissioner, Bureau for Special Duties, Mr. Chika Ossai, has expressed the state government’s willingness to assist persons who lost valuable property to fire incidents in the state.
He, however, charged Deltans to be more cautious and take proactive preventive measures against future occurrences.
Ossai, when he visited some major scenes of fire disaster in Asaba, Agbor and Warri to ascertain the level of damage and conditions of victims, he said that the disasters happened as a result of people's carelessness.
He said, “Today, the entire office that is the Bureau for Special Duties and the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, are taking a tour round the state where there were fire outbreaks. We started by visiting Anioma Petrol Station which was burnt and goods worth millions of naira lost.
“We are in Warri now and this is the fifth place we have visited in Warri. In fact, it is very unfortunate that Deltans have suffered so much as a result of fire outbreaks. We want to use this opportunity to advise Deltans to be very cautious in their use of inflammable materials. We know that some of the incidents were caused by accident and we pray that such incidents do not occur again. We should learn to always switch off our electrical appliances when we are going out and be more proactive.”
The commissioner, who was accompanied by the Director, SEMA, Mrs. Gladys Puegeren and the Director of Planning Research and Statistics, DPRS, Mr. Emmanuel Siakpere, said the purpose of the visit was to see how government could assist the victims, adding that the life of every Deltan was important to the state government.
“We know that the government of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa will see how it can compensate these persons. The victims are Deltans and they are very important to the state government,” he said.
One of the victims, Mr. Godfrey Ihenchukwu who lost his residential multi-million naira duplex in Edjeba, Warri, commended the commissioner for the visit, saying that “their visit shows that we have a government that is responsive to the plight of the people.”
Source: Vanguardngr
This is a very good development and it shows how important the lives and properties of Deltans is valuable to their government
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