Sangana Community Weep Over Rising Flood Sea Level.

Sangana community in Bayelsa State is under serious ecological threat induced by rising sea level due to the persistent rainfall in the area..

Residents of the community, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have now called on the state and the federal governments, especially the Niger Delta Development Commission, to intervene in the surging sea level that has destroyed homes, properties and livelihoods.

Sangana is an oil rich coastal community with over seven multinational oil companies operating consistently over the past decades, but is faced with constant devastating surging water level from the Atlantic ocean, and major occupations of the people of the community are farming and fishing.

However, the surging sea level has put their sources of income and livelihoods, including residence and properties, at risk, while, the multinational oil companies in the community include Chevron Field, Shell Field, Atala Field, Agbami Field, Conoil Field, Bonga Field, Madu Field, First E&P Field, among others.

While seeking the intervention of the state and the federal governments, the people of the community carried out a peaceful protest recently, towards addressing the health challenges caused by oil explorations by multinational oil companies operating in the area.

A statement, issued by the former chairman of Brass Local Government Area, Hon. (Dr) Bello Bina, called, on the state and the federal government to intervene in proffering lasting solutions to the challenges facing the people of the community urgently, while, appealing to the state and the federal government, especially the NDDC and other intervention agencies to come to the aid of the people of the community.