East- West Road communities commend NDDC

INDIGENES of Umeh community in Isoko South Council of Delta State and Okobe in Ahoada Council of Rivers State have lauded the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) for repairing damaged sections of the East West Road.

This is contained in a statement by the Commission, signed by Dr. Ibitoye Abosede, the Director in charge of Corporate Affairs.

The statement quoted an interview at the Umeh section of the road, near Patani, granted by an indigene of the community, Mr Alex Ifure, who said that the quick intervention of NDDC was the saving grace for his people and commuters, who had suffered for weeks on account of the devastation caused by the flood.

He expressed satisfaction with the restoration work being done by the construction company engaged by the NDDC to carry out emergency repairs on the road, which, he noted, was their only link to Bayelsa and other Niger Delta states.

He lamented that, apart from the road, the flood also destroyed their farms, leaving the farmers with nothing to take to the markets to sell and feed themselves. “Look at our market, it is scanty because our people have lost their crops to the flood.”