Bayelsa appeals for FG’s intervention as floods ravage communities

The Bayelsa State Government has confirmed that some coastal communities in the state have been submerged by ravaging floods

.The state government, through the Commissioner for Information and Orientation , Daniel Iworiso- Markson , and the lawmaker representing Sagbama Constituency 3 in the State House of Assembly , Salo Adikumo , have , therefore , appealed to the Federal Government for intervention .

Iworiso -Markson , who spoke to journalists in Yenagoa , hinted that the number of communities affected by the flood was increasing on a daily basis, insisting that the state was in dire need of support from the Federal Government .

He reiterated an earlier call made by the deputy governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah ( retd . ) , that the state had yet to get its own share of the flood intervention fund .

The deputy governor had last Wednesday while playing host to a delegation from the National Emergency Management Agency , expressed displeasure over the non -payment of its share of the N 1 . 6 bn approved by the Federal Government for states ravaged by floods .

Iworiso-Markson decried the delay in the release of the fund since 2012 , saying it would have helped to complement the efforts of the state government to tackle the perennial floods .

While maintaining that Bayelsa had never benefited from any federal government fund for flood victims despite being one of the states most hit by devastation , the Commissioner urged Bayelsans to be vigilant and also make use of the available call lines and report incidents of floods in their areas for quick intervention .

Also speaking , Salo Adikumo said the worst-hit communities in his area were Asamabiri , Elemebiri, Ekperiware, and Adagbabiri .

Adikumo said so far , properties worth millions of naira , had been destroyed in the affected communities .

He, therefore, solicited the intervention of the federal government through NEMA .

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