Goodluck Jonathan, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State to
Azikoro, a Yenagoa suburb, has been cut off by flood.
Meantime, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, yesterday, said
it had commenced erecting 68 tents in three temporary camps in Yenagoa
for persons displaced by flood.
The agency said 24 tents, construction of which were ongoing at the
moment, would be erected at Igbogene helipad to accommodate displaced
persons from six councils of the state who are currently relocating to
Yenagoa for shelter.
The three emergency camps, NEMA said, will be located in Igbogene, the
Samson Siasia Sport Complex and at Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, all
in Yengaoa.
Meanwhile, following collapse of Onuebum Road linking Otuoke, canoe
operators are now making brisk business by ferrying stranded commuters
from both ends across the flooded section on the payment of N100 per
passenger.
The Azikoro-Agbura-Onuebu-Otuoke flank is the shortest route to Ogbia
town for Bayelsans residing close to Ekeki surbub to down town
Yenagoa.
This reporter, who visited the area, yesterday, noticed several
stranded passengers waiting for canoes to be ferried across the large
pool of water, which could be mistaken for a community lake.
Some other commuters were seen pleading with taxi drivers to take them
back to Yenagoa while others went through Imiringi-Emeyal axis to get
to their destinations.
A native of the area, who identified himself as Mr. Ezekiel
Azibanator, a lawyer, called on President Jonathan to come to the aide
of his kinsmen by providing relief materials to victims of the flood
impacted communities.
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