NEMA Provides Relief to Gas Seepage Victims in Rivers, Coordinates Technical Response in Delta
By Pan Afric Reporters
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has provided humanitarian assistance to residents affected by gas seepage in Bille Community, Rivers State, while coordinating a multi-stakeholder technical assessment of a similar incident in Uzere Kingdom, Delta State, to strengthen emergency response and mitigate the impact on affected communities.
The agency disclosed this in a press release issued on November 14, 2026, by Manzo Ezekiel of the NEMA Press Unit, detailing its interventions in Bille Community, Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, and Uzere Kingdom, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.
In Rivers State, NEMA recently distributed relief materials to residents affected by the gas seepage incident in Bille Community, following an earlier assessment of the situation and its impact on the population.
The Director-General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, was represented at the distribution exercise by the Head of the agency’s Port Harcourt Operations Office, Mr. Chidi Ogundu, who coordinated the intervention.
During a courtesy visit to the King of Bille Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, King Igbikingeri Ngowari Cornelius, Ogundu conveyed the Director-General’s sympathy and solidarity with the monarch and affected residents.
Addressing community members, Ogundu said the Federal Government’s intervention through NEMA was designed to address the immediate humanitarian needs of victims.
He explained that the relief distribution involved essential food supplies and other materials intended to alleviate the hardship experienced by affected residents.
Representatives of the Rivers State Emergency Management Agency (RISEMA), the Nigerian Red Cross Society and other relevant stakeholders participated in the exercise.
Community leaders expressed appreciation to the Federal Government and NEMA for the timely intervention, commending the agency’s Director-General for providing humanitarian assistance to cushion the effects of the incident.
In a similar development, NEMA coordinated a multi-stakeholder technical mission to Uzere Kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State from November 3 to 4, 2026, following reports of gas seepage in the community.
Umar was represented during the Delta State mission by the Director of Planning, Research and Forecasting, Dr. Godwin Tepikor.
The agency said its interventions in both states reflect an integrated disaster management approach combining humanitarian assistance, technical assessments, inter-agency coordination and sustained engagement with affected communities.
The coordinated efforts are aimed at addressing immediate humanitarian concerns while strengthening technical understanding and response mechanisms to gas seepage incidents in the affected areas.
