The Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Hon. Yekini Nabena, has lamented the increasing tide of floods in the Niger Delta region, stating that it is now beyond the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, News About Nigeria reports.
He made this known in a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja, stating that the effects of the flood are diverse including the destruction of lives and livelihoods.
He stated that farmers in Bayelsa and Delta States are currently counting their losses as floods have washed away their Cassava farms.
He also lamented the poor attention the Federal Government has given to the flood situation in the region as opposed to some Northern States like Borno.
According to the Bayelsa-born APC chieftain, governments at all levels should not forget that all the waters causing disasters in the North and other regions choose to settle in the Niger Delta region, hence the need for more attention.
He, therefore, urged the Federal Government, donor agencies and private individuals to extend the same attention to the Niger Delta as it gave to Borno State in the wake of the recent flood disaster in the state.
He stated, “It has become necessary to appeal to the Federal Government, its donors and individuals who have donated to the recent flood disasters in the North-east to do the same for the Niger Delta region.
“In the recent times, several lives have been lost, property destroyed and large farmlands are totally washed away, rendering several people and communities homeless, jobless and all their sources of livelihoods destroyed.
“Although there are agencies of government in this region just like we have in the North East, but the devastating effects of this disaster have far gone beyond the likes of Niger Delta Development Commission and others.
“I, hereby, call on the Federal Government, private individuals and donor agencies to urgently intervene to reduce to the minimum, the negative effects of the recent flood disaster in our region.”
