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The Onuebum
Road linking Otuoke, home town of President Goodluck Jonathan, in Ogbia Local
Government Area of Bayelsa State to Azikoro, a Yenagoa suburb, has been cut off
by flood.
Meantime,
National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, yesterday, said it had commenced
erecting 68 tents in three temporary camps in Yenagoa for persons displaced by
flood.
The agency
said 24 tents, construction of which were ongoing at the moment, would be
erected at Igbogene helipad to accommodate displaced persons from six councils
of the state who are currently relocating to Yenagoa for shelter.
The three
emergency camps, NEMA said, will be located in Igbogene, the Samson Siasia
Sport Complex and at Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, all in Yengaoa.
Meanwhile,
following collapse of Onuebum Road linking Otuoke, canoe operators are now
making brisk business by ferrying stranded commuters from both ends across the
flooded section on the payment of N100 per passenger.
The
Azikoro-Agbura-Onuebu-Otuoke flank is the shortest route to Ogbia town for
Bayelsans residing close to Ekeki surbub to down town Yenagoa.
This
reporter, who visited the area, yesterday, noticed several stranded passengers
waiting for canoes to be ferried across the large pool of water, which could be
mistaken for a community lake.
Some other
commuters were seen pleading with taxi drivers to take them back to Yenagoa
while others went through Imiringi-Emeyal axis to get to their destinations.
A native of
the area, who identified himself as Mr. Ezekiel Azibanator, a lawyer, called on
President Jonathan to come to the aide of his kinsmen by providing relief
materials to victims of the flood impacted communities.
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