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Friday, June 1, 2012

Violence Free Society Is Morally Stable……NWAKA






Delta State Commissioner in-charge of the Bureau for Special Duties, Dr. Tony Nwaka has said that society that is morally and spiritually attuned would be less vulnerable to violence.

Dr. Nwaka stated this in Asaba while briefing the press on the activities of the bureau.

He said that the bureau for supervises the activities of the Muslim and the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Boards in the state.

Dr. Nwaka said that Delta State Governor had sponsored 101 muslim pilgrims for the year 2011 Hajj operation Jeddah and Mecca, adding that the board also assisted in coordinating the participation of 74 privately sponsored pilgrims to attend the pilgrimage.

The Commissioner disclosed that about 1060 Christian Pilgrims were sponsored to Holy Land in Israel and 29 pilgrims to Rome for Catholic pilgrimage.

He said that the office of the State Fire Services which is an arm of the bureau attended to 385 fire calls, adding that apart from some lives saved, property worth over N12 Billion were rescued in 2011.

The Commissioner further stated that the Combined Quick Response Scheme was established to provide an enabling environment for public and private sector to fight occurrence of fire incidence in the state.

Dr. Nwaka disclosed that government had given relief material and other grants through the State Emergency Relief Agency (SERA) to different communities confronted with various natural or man-made disasters including communal crisis across the state

According to the commissioner, the beneficiaries of the relief grants included Ayakoromor, Ododegho in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Bolou-Ndoro, Torugbenein in Burutu Local Government Area, and Commercial Centre in Bomadi among others.

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