GOVERNOR Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said the state government has not received financial assistance from the Federal Government to alleviate the plight of those affected by flooding in the state.

Dickson, in a statement in Yenagoa, said the state only received between 300 to 400 bags of rice as intervention from the federal government in the wake of the disaster which sacked about 70 percent of communities in the state.

“No cash support. Not even in 2012 did the state government receive financial assistance from the federal government. I know that we raised some money on our own and some agencies, companies and philanthropiists came to our aid.