CAMEROUNS:BURSTED DAM CHOKES NIGER DELTA BASIN
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.[LAGOS,NIGERIA]
The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia
Group of Lagos,Nigeria ,now hears that he several dams lining the Camerounian
pathway around the Adamawa region en route River Benue in the Nigerian
Midlands which usually gets opened up
around this time of the year has led to a case of a submerged village in
Bayelsa state of Nigeria.
Checks at Biseni ,a village of around 12,000 people in
Bayelsa State of Nigeria showed that the entire village has being submerged
with flood waters with billions of naira
worth of property believed to have
being lost to the natural disaster.
A source noted that the rains became very intense since the
end of September,2019 and has now reached its peak level with the intensity as
at press time.
When queried on the role played by The National Emergency
Management Agency [N.E.M.A],the source who is an indigene of Biseni village
simply pointed out that the situation has since gone out of there control.
His words :"Our people are under the waters in Biseni
community ,Yenagoa Local Government Area
of Bayelsa State of NIgeria"
In a related issue,The Chairman of Biseni Community of
traditional chiefs,Chief Fateya Onumonu ,while speaking to The News office Desk
of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria noted with dismay
the level of tragedy on the ground in
his village ,believed to be in the Yenagoa Local Government area of Bayelsa State
of Nigeria..
His words :"The situation is really very critical
,please help us alert FERMA,NEMA,our people have being displaced by the floods
as properties have also being lost"
"a lot of people are falling sick and have no access to
safe drinking water for domestic purposes and no good drugs for medical
situations ,it can best be described as
a tragedy"
Analysts are expecting that officials of the state
environmental agency should move quickly to work out an amicable solution with
Federal agencies like FERMA and
NEMA so as to provide palliatives for
the people of Biseni
photo credit:Success Nkeirukacaption:an entire Nigerian village of Biseni community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State of Nigeria has gone under the weight of the rain waters as floodwaters continues to pound its 12,000 inhabitants as at press time
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