An environmental rights activist, Comrade Morris Alagoa, has called on the Bayelsa State Government to enlarge its dragnets of extending the flood
palliatives distribution beyond political considerations to include civil society organizations and media organisations and unions, whose personnel are also heavily impacted by the monster floods ravaging local communities in the Niger Delta, including the state capital, Yenagoa.
“As you can see, this is the first time I am experiencing flood since 2012 when the first occurred a decade ago, at this magnitude. It’s a monster flood and my apartment and office are flooded. My family is going through the most terrible times of our lives. “I am, therefore, calling on Governor Diri to know that beyond political considerations, there are Civil Society Organizations and other Faith Based Organisations as well as media organisations and unions such as the NUJ, who are all working to raise awareness on the plight of affected flood victims and as such deserve the special flood palliative too, to cushion the impact of the flood on our families as most of us in these foregoing categories, who are not political affiliated to the ruling...
While berating the sharing formulae by the flood Community, Comrade Alagoa calls on the state government to look beyond Political affiliations and involve CSOs who are more reliable and transparent to reach out to the needy and impacted food victim’s rather than politicians who might have vested interests as not all victims belong to Political parties.
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