VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO VISITS FLOOD STRICKEN COMMUNITIES IN BAYELSA AND RIVERS STATES




Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday visited communities affected by the recent devastating floods in both Rivers and Bayelsa States. The visit was to enable him make a first-hand assessment of the situation and also to deliver the Federal Government’s message of hope and solidarity.

Professor Osinbajo visited the camp of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Igbogene area of Bayelsa State and Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers where over 71 communities have been submerged, he promised to resettle the residents back to their various homes.
He said, “The Federal Government will give all the support and all the succour that is necessary to ensure not only that you are as comfortable as possible in the circumstances here, but more importantly that you are resettled properly when in the next few weeks, by the grace of God, you are able to go back home.” The Vice President further assured the people that the Federal Government would work with the state government to restore their livelihoods in a few weeks.
He said the Muhammadu Buhari administration would not leave the displaced persons to their plights, stressing that the government has a responsibility to take care of the people’s welfare.
 “It is our duty as government to ensure that we take care of the people,” he added.
“That’s why I am here to see first-hand what is going on so that we will understand the type and quality of response to take further.”
Vice President Osinbajo was received in Yenagoa, the state capital by Governor Seriake Dickson and top officials of the Bayelsa State Government.


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