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Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said coastal communities in the state are in danger of being submerged by the Atlantic Ocean.
Governor Diri raised the alarm on Tuesday when he visited Odioama community in Brass Local Government Area to assess the devastation from ocean encroachment.
His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, in a statement, said the governor lamented the effects of coastal erosion on the community and others on the banks of the Atlantic Ocean while addressing the Odioama council of chiefs, elders, youths and women at the community town hall.
He said he decided to personally visit the community after sending a team to have a first-hand knowledge of the plight of the people.
Diri, who was accompanied on the visit by Speaker of the House of ...