SSDC Moves to Rescue Bille As Gas Seepage Threatens Lives, Livelihoods.
The intervention, initiated by the commission’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Ms Usoro Akpabio, is aimed at alleviating the hardship imposed on residents by the environmental crisis, which has disrupted livelihoods, threatened food security and affected access to safe drinking water.
Leading the SSDC delegation to the affected community, the Executive Director, Social Services and Human Capital Development, Preye Aganaba, conveyed the commission’s assurance that Bille would not be abandoned.
Akpabio, in a statement, described Bille as a significant economic hub in Rivers State and the South-south region, warning that the environmental emergency posed serious humanitarian and economic consequences.
“The plight of the people of Bille is of great concern to the commission. Their recovery remains a priority, and we want to assure them that they will not be overlooked in our developmental agenda,” she said. She disclosed that the commission provided 86 categories of food and non-food items, including rice, beans, garri, noodles, cooking oil, mattresses, mosquito nets, wrappers, buckets, sanitary pads and baby diapers. According to her, the intervention aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the commission to provide relief to vulnerable communities and accelerate development across the six South-south states.
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