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FLOOD: ‘Your Visit to Bayelsa Late,’ Diri Tells Humanitarian Minister

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Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, on Tuesday, told the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, that her visit was long expected over the flood disaster in the state.

Diri, who was represented by his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said this while receiving her during a courtesy call in the state’s Government House.

He told Farouq that she would have had a better perception of the flooding situation in the state if she had visited earlier during the peak of the catastrophe, stressing that the ravaging floodwaters had already started receding before her visit.

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Diri restated his call for effective support from the Federal Government and well-meaning individuals and organisations to the state over the recent flood disaster.

He said:

“If you had visited us at the peak of the flood, you would have better appreciated what we as a government and people went through.

“Even now that the flood is receding, you will agree with me that it’s effect is beyond the handling of the state government. That is why we keep calling for support from the Federal Government and other well meaning individuals and organisations.”

The governor pointed out that initially the government and people of Bayelsa State were not pleased with some remarks credited to the minister about the flood disaster in the state, that Bayelsa was not among the 10 most affected states in the country.

He explained that the flood rose to over 4.5 metres above its normal level and caused unprecedented devastation, hence the news that Bayelsa was not among the worst-hit states was unsettling and worrisome to its people.

Diri thanked the Federal Government for the relief materials sent to the state so far through the ministry but pointed out that some of the relief items reportedly sent to the state were not officially channelled through the state government to the flood victims.

He also thanked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for including Bayelsa as a member of the National Flood Relief Committee, and expressed the belief that the state would get her fair share from the Federal Government’s post-flood relief measures.

He again said:

“We are happy and elated that you have finally visited to commiserate with us. The flooding disaster is actually nobody’s fault but it is an issue of climate change. For record purposes our meteorological department in the surveyor general’s office and Ministry of Environment, monitored the flood and from records available it showed that the flood rose by 4.26 metres.

“That was why at the beginning of the flooding, almost the entire state was submerged in water. The NEMA South-South representative can attest to the level of damage caused by the flood this year.

“I also want to use this opportunity to thank the Federal Government for setting up a relief emergency committee and we are going to make suggestions that will ensure immediate relief for our farmers, fishermen and also cater for citizens’ health challenges arising from the flood.”

Speaking, the minister said she and her team were in the state to empathise with the government and people of Bayelsa State over the devastating 2022 flood, which impacted negatively on the state.

Farouq commended the efforts of the Bayelsa State government for providing support for the flood victims.

In the end, the minister disclosed that part of her visit to the state was to roll out her ministry’s economic empowerment packages for beneficiaries in Bayelsa.

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