Yenagoa – Heavy rains in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, has led to flooding in the city’s residential neighborhoods forcing residents to flee their homes.

Residents claim that the flood is caused by the lack of a working drainage system in the city and unplanned construction embarked by the Bayelsa State Government. This opinion is also shared by experts. A town planner who wants to remain anonymous noted that water levels is not suppose to lead to flooding at this time of the year. SAYELBA TIMES was unable to measure the water level but residents in residential estates in Kpansia, Biogbolo, Okutukutu, Ekeki, Okaka and Onopa were seen pumping water out of their homes.

There have been no attempts by the city authorities to address the flooding. Efforts to reach the Bayelsa State Capital City Development Authority proved abortive as the official telephone numbers provided by the authorities were switched off at the time of filing this report.

Bayelsa State received about N95,75 Billion (Ninety Five Billion, Seventy Five Million Naira) from the federation account from January to June 2014. This is the third highest allocation to any state in Nigeria. Yet, residents continue to complain about poor development in the state.

Health Workers in the city warned that the current flooding is a health and sanitation hazard that could led to an epidemic. In Onopa, the lower part of the community that is on the bank of the epie creek is completely submerged under water, reports says.

Credit: http://sayelbatimes./2014/09/13/heavy-rains-in-yenagoa-force-residents-out-of-their-homes/

this pictures can be anywhere...

But if this is true, one particular man is from OTUOKE, in 'little' Bayelsa.. And they want to transform Nigeria?? Make I hear word!


SAYELBA TIMES?? But why now?! you go fear names of blogs!

Fedora hat to the rescue embezzle

ogbenicodes: this pictures can be anywhere...

But if this is true, one particular man is from OTUOKE, in 'little' Bayelsa.. And they want to transform Nigeria?? Make I hear word!


SAYELBA TIMES?? But why now?! you go fear names of blogs!

These pictures were exclusively taken by Sayelba Times to show the world how Bayelsans have been suffering. Its really unfortunate that we have a government that doesn't really care about its people. Goodluck Jonathan is the president of Nigeria not Bayelsa, he has the whole country to cater for not only Bayelsa. We have a governor who collects billions every month but noting to show.

dmoville:


These pictures were exclusively taken by Sayelba Times to show the world how Bayelsans have been suffering. Its really unfortunate that we have a government that doesn't really care about its people. Goodluck Jonathan is the president of Nigeria not Bayelsa, he has the whole country to cater for not only Bayelsa. We have a governor who collects billions every month but noting to show.

And they would be quick to show "lagos, southwest state" in the bad light? Well this isn't your fight. The president was once a governor, what did he do there? The Governor of bayelsa is an asslicker of the president, so what goes in and out of bayelsa is with Jonathans consent

d problm is both government and d peopl, government should build underground drainage, bt till then peopl should stop blockin water way wit waste.