Flood submerges 300 Bayelsa communities, displaces 700,000 people - Punch Newspapers
He spoke as he continued his on-the-spot assessment tour to Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and other communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area.
While lamenting the huge cost of fixing the damaged roads by his government, Diri stressed that individual losses of property and deaths would be minimal if a permanent solution was immediately adopted. “It will cost the state billions of naira before those roads would be repaired. Also, there are individual losses in terms of houses that have collapsed as a result of the flood and the deaths we have witnessed.
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