PBA Reporter
Bayelsa State Government has ordered both public and private primary and secondary schools to suspend all academic activities following the menace of flood in different parts of the state.
Bayelsa, located in the South South region, is one of the riverine states in Nigeria usually affected by coastal floods.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelAccording to a statement released on Monday by Agala Damini, the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics in the Ministry of Education, on behalf of the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, the closure takes effect from today, Monday 3rd October to Friday, 11th November, 2022.
Damini said that the directive became necessary in order to safeguard the lives of teachers and students as flood water is gradually submerge some parts of the state.
However, he said 18 schools across Kolokuma/Opokuma, Nembe, Ogbia and Yenagoa Local Government Areas are expected to wait until Monday, 10th October, 2022 before embarking on the flood break.
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He further explained that the delay is due to a proposed visit by officials from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Abuja and Ministry of Education personnel for a data validation exercise in the said schools.
Damini also appealed to head teachers of the affected schools to comply and provide the required documents and data to enable the officials to complete their assignments in record time before the flood water begins to submerge their locations.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had in May alerted Nigerians of impending coastal flooding in Rivers, Delta, Lagos and Bayelsa states.
According to reports the flood water is gradually submerging parts of Adagbabiri Swali, Azikoro, Amassoma, Sagbama communities and the Nembe Kingdom in the state.
NEMA on Sunday posted a series of pictures on its Facebook page , which shows that the officials visited affected areas in Rivers, Imo, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Benue, Kano, and Edo carry out assessment of the floods.
