President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the level of flooding
in Bayelsa and other States in Nigeria.
He lamented that the flood had caused devastation in 33
States across the country.
Buhari directed all federal agencies dealing with rescue and
disaster management to provide the needed assistance to the State.
Reports by the State government say about 700,000 persons
have been displaced in about 300 communities and villages in five of the
State’s eight local government areas.
However, Buhari blamed the flood on disregard for early
warning signals and obstruction of waterways by residents.
A statement by Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, said,
“Buhari blamed buildings on water channels, disregard for early warning by the
National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and the changes to weather caused
by climate change as chiefly to blame for the floods that have so far hit 33 of
the nation’s 36 states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory which has not
been spared either.”
He ordered all “concerned to work for the restoration of
normalcy throughout the affected parts of the federation.”
The president expressed his condolences to the families of
the victims and all those affected by the flood.
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