The governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri has asked civil servants to stay at home for a week due to the difficulties caused by the flood disaster that has ravaged the state.
Governor Diri announced this during a statewide broadcast on Tuesday morning, October 18.
He stated that though the flood is a natural disaster that has affected many other States of the Federation to various degrees, nearly a million people in over 300 communities in the State, have been internally displaced while some deaths have been reported.
Here is my broadcast to our people on the flooding ravaging our State. Watch via the youtube channel of my New Media Team.https://t.co/b022dOiLN1
— Governor Douye Diri (@govdouyediri) October 18, 2022
Diri empathised with the people and saluted their courageous disposition as they grapple with the natural disaster.
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Meanwhile, the governor appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to assist the state with grants from the ecological funds, adding that the sole access to the East-West road has been cut off on several points making road transport to Bayelsa impossible.
