Bayelsa Government Assures Residents Of Measure To Check Flooding

The Director General of  Erosion and  Flood Control Bayelsa State, Omusco Omusco,  has said that the directorate  has all it takes to mitigate the challenges that will come with flood in the state.
He disclosed  the canals clearing was paused due to lack of funds admitting that immediately more funds are made available, work will continue.
Speaking in Yenagoa, the DG said that already the directorate had been working by clearing the canals before it ran out of cash.
They are preparing and intervening, and they are opening up channels.
He said that plans were on the ground for the state government to approve more money for them to continue the clearing of the canals.
According to him, the fund was not  ready because of the bureaucratic process involved in the civil service.
“All that  we need is good funding, and if good funding is available, we are ready to drive this process so that flood will be reduced to the barest minimum and it will not disturb human existence”, he said.
According to the DG, they are trying to open up the channels and the creeks and they are also studying where to allow this water to go.