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President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday while commending
development partners and organisations that have so far responded to the cries
for help by Nigeria, to rehabilitate her citizens affected by the flood, has
disclosed that his personal house in Otuoke that was initially spared, has been
submerged by flood.
“Nigeria is so devastated by the flood. Sometimes when you
watch on television, you do not appreciate what we are going through. I
travelled from North to South and on Sunday I was in my village after touring
my state. I left my village on Sunday morning and as at that time water was
about entering my compound. As at this
morning the information is that my house up to the windows level is under
water,” he said.
Speaking at the official launching of save one million
lives, A United Nations Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and
Children at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Jonathan said: “So, you can see what
people are passing through within this period. But with the assistance the
development partners will give us and people who are in the humanitarian
sector, we will soon get over it.”
Meanwhile, the Dickens Sanomi Foundation yesterday disclosed
that after five days of rescue operations in various parts of Delta and Bayelsa
states, it had successfully evacuated about 12,300 flood victims from
danger-prone areas.
The Foundation, which had called on the state governments to
establish more camps with adequate security, said it was overwhelmed by the
situation on ground, insisting that unless more camps and enhanced security
were set up, human catastrophe looms, as the rising water level continues to
sack more communities and villages.
The Coordinator of “Project Rescue 10,000 Flood Victims in
Delta and Bayelsa states” of the Dickens Sanomi Foundation, Daniel Idonor, said
the 15-man team of experts and professional socials workers had visited 42
communities.
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