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Even The Government House Is Threatened – Gov. Diri Cries Out Over Flood

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The Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri has lamented the damaging impact of flood in many parts of the country and the attendant trouble it has brought with it.

The Bayelsa Governor during an emergency security council meeting in Yenagoa on Sunday said not even the government house is totally safe.

Diri asked the federal government to declare a state of emergency over the rampaging flood which has already destroyed lives and property in many states.

The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah said “This year’s flooding has surpassed that of 2012, which is the highest we have witnessed so far. It has become a security emergency.

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“Bayelsa is below sea level and when the flood comes, virtually everywhere is flooded. Even the Government House is being threatened.”

Our Roads Are Broken

Lamenting further, Governor Diri submitted that even as students prepare to return to school following the end of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Bayelsa State University can’t resume as the road leading to it has been cut off by the flood.

He said the development has cut off Bayelsa from Rivers and Delta states.

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“As we speak, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its strike. But as universities are opening, our own state university cannot open because the only road linking the university has been broken into three parts.

“The only road that links Opokuma and Sabagreia in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area and the only one also connecting Sagbama to Ekeremor that is still under construction has been broken. There is hunger and palpable tension in the state,” he said.

The Governor denied rumours that a water channel project undertaken by the state government at the Okutukutu and Opolo axis of Yenagoa was to protect the property of some particular persons.

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Rather, he said the move is part of efforts to curtail the impact of flooding in the state.

He said, “Let me also use this opportunity to clear the air on the issue of the Okutukutu and Opolo water channel project that was done last year by the state government to check flooding in that area.

“There is some ignorant narrative out there that it was done to protect the property of some people. The state government did not take that action for any particular interest. This is not the time to settle political scores but a time to be our brother’s keeper. We must all join hands to tackle this problem.”