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FLOODING: Bayelsa closes schools

The Bayelsa State Government has directed immediate closure of all schools in the state due to the current flooding in the state.

The government said is was a precautionary measure to avoid loss of lives.

The decision was reached at the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting presided over by the State Governor, Seriake Dickson, who also set up a committee to facilitate responses to the flood emergency in the state.

The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Saturday that the SEC also directed the Ministry of Health to set up an emergency health response unit in the state to mitigate the effect of the flood on the people.

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Iworiso-Markson said that the Emergency Health Response Unit of the Ministry of Health was designed to monitor and prevent the outbreak of diseases like cholera during the period covered by flooding in Bayelsa.

According to him, the Director of the State Emergency Management Agency briefed the Council on the flood situation and said that the agency would kickstart the distribution of relief materials to affected communities.

The commissioner advised the Bayelsa citizenry not to panic as the government was making all efforts to secure lives and properties in the state.

He said that a large number of communities in virtually all the local government areas were seriously affected by the flooding especially in Ekeremor, Sagbama, Ogbia, Southern Ijaw and indeed all the eight local government areas.

 

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