Amazing Video As Dedicated Worshippers Attend Service in Flooded Church, Some Sit in Canoe

• A video of some devout church members who dared flood to attend service has been surfaced online
• In the video, both the officiating cleric and the congregants were seen singing with their feet in the flood which took over the floor
• Some of the worshippers also came to church in a canoe and this seems not to bother them in any way

When you see true Christian devotees, nothing stops them from serving God; not even a pool of flood will discourage them.

This was replicated in a viral video where a Catholic Priest held a service in a church that was flooded due to the constant rainfall.

As seen in the viral video, a few congregants improvised by using a canoe as a sitting aid to listen to the priest's sermon.

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This act of devotion by the priest and his congregants is one truly to be admired and seen by all to emulate.

Photos as Nigerian governor walks on flooded road, declares 7-day rest for workers

Following the flood ravaging Bayelsa communities and displacing residents, the state government on Tuesday, October 18, declared a seven-day rest for workers.

The declaration came after Governor Douye Diri personally went to some affected communities in the state to see for himself the extent of damage done by the flood.

He wrote on his Twitter page on Friday, October 14:

"I was very disturbed with what I witnessed yesterday when I visited the flooded Sagbama town and Tungbo community both in Sagbama LGA. Our government sympathizes with all affected people. We will do our best to support them."

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Making the declaration in a live broadcast on Tuesday, Governor Diri admitted that the state was facing a humanitarian crisis as more than one million persons have been displaced in local governments like Sagbama, Ekeremor, Southern Ijaw, Ogbia, Yenagoa, Nembe, and Kolokuma Opokuma.

Governor Diri disclosed that businesses have been shut down in these areas, properties have been lost and farmlands destroyed.

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It seems that Bayelsa is the worst-hit state when it comes to the ongoing flood disaster that is ravaging most riverine areas in Nigeria.

The natural disaster is taking its toll on businesses and other aspects of people's lives, some of whom are already displaced.

Source: Legit.ng