The Bayelsa Elders Council has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to collaborate with other development agencies and state governments to find a lasting solution to the perennial floods ravaging the Niger Delta region.
Chairman of the Council and former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha Jonah (retd.), made the call during an interactive meeting with the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
This was contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the NDDC Director, of Corporate Affairs, Dr Ibitoye Abosede.
The statement quoted Jonah as saying that the Elders’ Council, comprising mostly traditional rulers, had commissioned a study on how to tackle the recurrent flood in the state, noting that the report of the study was ready and waiting for implementation.
Responding, the NDDC MD, Ogbuku assured the elders that the commission was already taking measures to mitigate the effects of flood in the region,
“We will build campsites in Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers states as a temporary measure while a dam would be the permanent solution, “ he stated.
