NADMO asks flood victims to wait a day or two for relief items

Flood victims in the Upper East region are asked to wait maximum 2 days longer to receive relief items.

A heavy downpour in the Upper East region in September resulted in flood killing 28 people and about 600 others have been displaced, leaving them to find shelter in churches, mosques and schools.

An emergency meeting held at the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO)headquarters on Thursday October 17 resulted to dispatch relief items to the victims.

Speaking in an interview with an Accra based Starr FM, the National Communications Director for NADMO George Ayisi said the items will reach the victims later on Saturday.

“Today they are loading the trucks and tomorrow they’ll take off to the place.

'It’s a journey from Accra to Bolgatanga and then to the districts and so we hope that maximum by Saturday they should be there.

'We are sending rice, tomatoes, ration and of cause blankets and other things.

'We’ve already given some but we are adding more to go and support them'. he said.

Mr Ayisi mentioned that the relief items include cooking oil, rice, blankets, vegetables, bread, cloths, toiletries, saying even though some of these things have already been delivered to them, this is an additional items to rescue the situation.