Commissioner Hails Diri On Response To Flood

Bayelsa State Commissioner for Ijaw National Affairs, Elder Patrick Ucheowaji Erasmus, has lauded the State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on his handling of the ravaging floods in the State.
Erasmus gave the commendations while speaking with newsmen shortly after inspecting some relief materials brought by donors alongside other members of the State Executive Council who are members of the State Flood Mitigation Committee.
Speaking at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp at Oxbow Lake, Yenagoa, the State Capital, Erasmus described Governor Diri’s concern and assessment tours to flood impacted communities across the state as a demonstration of good leadership.
The commissioner commended the governor for setting up the flood mitigation committee, saying that by virtue of his pronouncement and inauguration of the committee, all members of the State Executive Council were automatic members.
He promised that the committee would leave no stone unturned in discharging its task.
He described Governor Diri as a sympathetic leader, saying, this, he said, the governor shared great concern to the victims and exhibited the virtues of a good leader of not fact Bayelsa State, suit of all Ijaws affected by the floods and other concerns.
”My boss, the Governor of the State, His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, following his proactive ways of handling things, inaugurated the flood mitigation committee headed by the Hon. Commissioner for Environment, Gbaranbiri Iselema.
“But by the governor’s pronouncement all Exco members are automatic members of the committee and so you see us (commissioners) here early morning everyday till evening, working in various capacities to ensure the delivery of our mandate as a committee.
“As you know, the state is the worst hit by the menace of flooding and so here in this IDPs camp, Oxbow Lake, which is the central camp, you see all commissioners working to make sure that our people affected by the floods get the best the State Government could afford within the available limited resources.
“The governor has severally demonstrated his love for the people of the state through his assessment tours and visits to impacted communities across the state, in most cases, providing them with succour,” he said.
“He is indeed an empathising and true leader, knowing that Bayelsa is the Jerusalem of the Ijaw nation,” he said.

By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa