Flood submerges 500 rice farms in Bayelsa
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as you can see this is a colossal loss we are calling on the federal government to come to our aid as the people here are suffering. we need relief materials such as rice garri cement and roofing sheets he said1 by shedrack frank1 mr ezekiel ogbianko chairman rice farmers association in the state who inspected the submerged farms on wednesday called on the federal and state governments to come to the aid of the affected farmers1 at ondewari a community leader prof. itimi godwin said that the rice farms were ready for harvest before the disaster1 we need a lot of things particularly we want the national emergency management agency nema to come and see the level of damage done here1 no fewer than 500 rice farms at okpotuwari and ondewari communities in southern ijaw local government area of bayelsa have been submerged by flood the news agency of nigeria nan reports1 nan recalls that nema had earlier said that over 150000 people have been displaced by flood in bayelsa this year1 the site manager of ondewari rice farm mr fredrick adam said the loss was colossal and the farmers would appreciate immediate support fromgovernment1 also the paramount ruler of okpotuwari community chief tiger moses said that the community was expecting bountiful harvest before the flood1 as you can see the flood is very disturbing our crops have been destroyed fish settlement and plantain farms are also damaged1 we want the assistance of the federal government and other stakeholders right now our sources of water have been contaminated he added1