By Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa—The creeks and waterways of Bayelsa State have been taken over by water hyacinth, making the movement of boats and canoes a difficult exercise for travellers and the rural farming and fishing folks.

Vanguard gathered that the worst affected part of the state are the fresh water zones such as the Ekuraba creek linking Otuasega, Elebele, Otuoke and Kolo Creek  also linking several communities in Ogbia Local Government Area, Taylor Creek which links Biseni, JK4 and several other communities in Okordia Zarama and Gbarain axis of the state.

Stakeholders have, meanwhile, expressed concern over the invasion and colonization of the creeks and waterways of the state by the floating plant.

Environmentalist and the Bayelsa Field Coordinator of Environmental Rights Action ERA, Alagoa Morris, who spoke in Yenagoa, lamented that several communities in the hinterland of the state have been cut off by the invading water weeds.