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Floods: FG Dispatches Relief Items to Bayelsa

By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

Aftermath of the floods which recked havoc on many Communities in Bayelsa State, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development said it has despatched the second batch of food and non-food items through its operations agency, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to the state.

According to the ministry the ongoing airlifting of relief materials by the Airforce to flood relief interventions to Bayelsa commenced on the 25th October, 2022.

NEMA, through the South South zonal office, delivered assorted relief materials comprising food and non-food items for immediate distribution in Otegwe and Ibelebiri communities of Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa.

Following heavy flooding of the East West Road linking to the state,
the Nigerian Airforce intervened in airlifting operations of relief items from Benin Airport to Port Harcourt International Airport and the subsequent use of helicopters to move the items to the Helipad in Yenagoa, the state capital.

NEMA has equally procured more relief items for a third intervention in less than a month to be delivered to the state , the ministry said.

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