October 28, (THEWILL) – Worried by the unabating flood that has destroyed properties worth millions of Naira and rendering hundreds of people homeless, the Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State, Engr. Agbabiaka L. Adegoke, in collaboration with the paramount ruler of the community, King (Dr) Toboro Andy Godwill, Epete XI, has erected camps convenient for habitation by the displaced indigenes.
The flood has hindered the people who are traditionally farmers and fishermen from their livelihood, as their farmlands have been submerged and crops swept away by the volatile flood.
Speaking to journalists in Yenagoa, paramount ruler of Ekowe community, King Toboro Andy Godwill, commended the magnanimity of Engr. Agbabiaka Adegoke, who is just four months in the office at the Federal Polytechnic, for identifying with people of the community during their trying times.
“I, on behalf of the Ekowe community, whole-heartedly appreciate the efforts of the rector, who is not even an indigene of the state, for his show of love and care for our people in collaborating with me to build the camps and providing relief materials such as rice, beans, garri and cooking ingredients for the impacted people, who have lost their hard-earned finances, which they invested on their farmlands, as well as personal belongings worth millions of Naira.”
He called on representatives of the community at the state and National Assembly, private investors and humanitarian organisations, as well as multinational companies operating in and around the community, to come to the aid of the devastating people.
Displaying photographs of some houses that have been submerged by the flood, including his palace, King Toboro encouraged those who are displaced to have solace in God, believing that the situation will soon be a thing of the past.
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