Even The President’s House Was Not Spared By The Flood

I taught it was only death that is called no respecter of persons as everybody dies both the rich and the poor. But the recent discovery had proved me wrong; flood too is a no respecter of persons, as the house of Nigerian President in Balyelsa State is also affected by the flood too.

The information reaching us said that GEJ in his own words said “Nigeria is so devastated by the flood. Sometimes when you watch on television, you do not appreciate what we are going through. I travelled from North to South and on Sunday I was in my village after touring my state. I left my village on Sunday morning and as at that time water was about entering my compound.  As at this morning the information is that my house up to the windows level is under water,”

Mr. President spoke on the official launching of save one million lives, A United Nations Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, and he said: “So, you can see what people are passing through within this period. But with the assistance the development partners will give us and people who are in the humanitarian sector, we will soon get over it.”

That notwithstanding, the Dickens Sanomi Foundation yesterday disclosed that after five days of rescue operations in various parts of Delta and Bayelsa states, it had successfully evacuated about 12,300 flood victims from danger-prone areas.