NDDC to offer palliatives to victims of tanker fire in Rivers

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has expressed willingness to connection palliatives to victims of the tanker occurrence catastrophe that resulted successful the decease of 5 persons including a large woman.

The Commission done its Rivers State representative, Tony Okocha, sympathised with the victims and bereaved families, urging Nigerians to ‘cultivate diligent arsenic a virtue’ considering that the carnage occurred pursuing 2 motortruck drivers jostling for abstraction connected the deplorable roadworthy .

Okocha, yesterday, said: “The Governing Board of NDDC, successful the past gathering that we held, gave a directive that we should sojourn the victims and the country of incident. We are committed to seeing however we tin assistance them get up from the grounds again.”

He disclosed that the committee would connection assistance with a consciousness of urgency considering the existent economical realities successful the country.

Having seen the impacts and grade of the losses from the tanker inferno, Okocha promised to make a memo to counsel the committee connected however to assistance the victims, which, according to him, volition comprise carnal currency and palliatives.

He besides inspected a assemblage task being handled by NDDC astatine Nkpolu successful Rumuigbo Obio-Akpor Local Council of the state, assuring speedy take-off and completion to service and amended the modular of surviving of people.

Okocha, who is besides the Caretaker Committee Chairmen of All Progressives Congress (APC) condoled the victims and their families.