BAYELSA FLOOD: GOV DIRI DOLES OUT N450m FOR RELIEF ITEMS .
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has approved an initial sum of N450 million for the relocation of persons displaced by the flooding across the state to higher grounds and for the provision of relief materials.
The exercise, which commences immediately, will be carried out on local government basis.
The Commissioner for Environment and chairman of the Task Force on Flooding, Mr. Eselema Gbaranbiri, who disclosed this at the end of the 90th State Executive Council Meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, said affected persons in Yenagoa Local Government Area will be relocated to the Oxbow Lake area and the state heliport.
Mr. Gbaranbiri also stated that swamp boogies have moved to strategic areas in the state capital to open up blocked canals in areas that are...