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Bayelsa Unveils Task Force On Flooding
Bayelsa State Government has constituted a task force to mitigate the effects of flooding in the state.
The committee was set up at the last week’s state executive council meeting presided over by the state Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.
Speaking with journalists shortly after the meeting, the Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Iselema Gbaranbiri, said the committee had himself and his counterparts from the ministries of Works and Infrastructure, Health, Lands, Housing and Urban Development as well as the commissioners representing the three senatorial districts and the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) as members.
Gbaranbiri said the task force would urgently identify and inspect areas ravaged by flood and provide succour to victims, noting also that the task force would relocate affected persons to higher grounds and provide relief materials.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Moses Teibowei, has also said the government was aware of the flood situation in the state and decided to set up the committee to alleviate the suffering of the people.
He added that beyond providing short term relief for victims, the committee had the responsibility of proffering medium and long term solutions to flooding in the state.
Teibowei said as part of efforts to reduce the impact of flooding, the government has built flood barriers in some communities, saying its officials will assess the effectiveness of such barriers before taking a decision to either replicate or improve on them in other parts of the state.
He also hinted that the executive council approved the award of the contract for another 24km road project from Toru-Orua community in the Sagbama council area to Yenagoa, the state capital.
The Works and Infrastructure Commissioner noted that when completed, commuters from Ekeremor, Toru-Orua, and other neighbouring communities in Sagbama and Ekeremor Local Government Areas would not have to drive through the East-West road to get to Yenagoa, saying the new road will ease the stress of getting to the state capital from those areas.
He described the road as crucial to the state, saying that the project is estimated at N37.4 billion.
By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa
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