Humanitarian Minister Visits Bayelsa Over Flooding

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Tuesday, visited Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to empathise with victims of the recent flood disaster in the State, describing the incident as an unfortunate one given the monumental loss of lives and properties.

Sadiya Umar-Farouq, who was received at the Government House in Yenagoa by the State’s deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Erhujiakpor, said she was in the State on behalf of the Federal Government and the entire Management and staff of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to commiserate with the Government and good people of Bayelsa and to express their sympathy and condolences to the people of the State over the unfortunate incident of flood disaster.​

The Deputy Governor said her visit was better late than never.