The government of Bayelsa State has ordered all schools in the state including public primary, secondary and private schools to suspend their academic activities and embark on a flood break from Monday, 3 October till Friday, November 11, 2022.
Agala Damini, who disclosed this in a statement on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics in the Ministry of Education, said the order was to safeguard the lives of both teachers and students as flood begins to submerge some parts of the state.
Hoqever, 18 schools across Kolokuma/Opokuma, Nembe, Ogbia, and Yenagoa Local Government Areas were asked to wait until Monday, October 10, 2022, before embarking on the flood break.
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This was because of a proposed visit by officials from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Abuja and Ministry of Education personnel for a data validation exercise in the said schools.
Damini further begged head teachers of the affected schools to comply and provide the required documents and data to enable the officials to complete their assignments in due time before the flood water covers their schools.
Reports stated that the flood was gradually submerging parts of Adagbabiri Swali, Azikoro, Amassoma, Sagbama communities, and the Nembe Kingdom in the state.
Similarly, a church in the Ekeremor Community of the state, Beculah City Zion Church, on Sunday, was flooded with water.
Members were seen parking to the up corner of the church auditorium where they held the Sunday service in a video that surfaced on social media.
A member who spoke with our correspondent confirmed that though the flood was a yearly disaster, they were not prepared for it this year since there were no floods last year, 2021.
