Declare flooding national emergency, Diri, others tell FG | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⬇️
•PFN calls for dredging of River Niger to save N’DeltaAs rampaging flood continues to wreak havoc in Yenagoa and other communities in the country, Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has urged the Federal Government to declare national emergency on flooding not only in the state but in other parts of the country.
The statement quoted the governor as saying: “This year’s flooding has surpassed that of 2012, which is the highest we have witnessed so far. It has become a security emergency.” WORRIED by the flooding, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria , South-South Zone, has also tasked Federal and state governments on urgent dredging of River Niger and cleaning of blocked water channels in the region.
He said he would not be celebrating, dancing, eating and making merry, while flood displaced communities, with many lives lost. The chairman, Ndokwa East Council, Juan Amacheee Governor, in a statement through one of the councillors, Barth Ozah, at the weekend, said: “We have recorded six deaths in the council with the entire areas flooded beyond what anyone would have imagined.
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