Intensify concern among your subjects, leaders to collaborate govt initiative, Okowa advises Ijaw



By Comrade Oku O. Victory


Delta State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Friday, October 22, 2021 admonished the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality to Intensify serious concern amongst their subjects and leaders in order to collaborate on government efforts for the sustainability of meaningful peace-building initiative.


The Governor, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Rural and Community Development, Rt. Hon Emmanuel Okoro, PhD disclosed this in Warri, in an interactive meeting with the leadership/opinion leaders of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, aimed at identifying their broad development agenda.


Governor Okowa, while mentioning some good number of already executed projects in Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, thanked the Royal Fathers and Opinion Leaders for taking possession of development projects in their domains.


Reiterating his commitment to the actualization of a Stronger Delta, Governor Okowa stressed that the establish­ment of the Office of Rural and Community Development was to cater for interest of the people at the grassroots.


Harping on the importance of peace, Governor Okowa said to them, “In your various communities, you must have to promote peace. You must try as much as possible to control our children, particularly those who destroy government projects and also disturb contractors embarking on government projects’’.


In response, the President-General of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Okaba who spoke on behalf of the entire leadership, thanked His Excellency for being a talk and do Governor and restated their unwavering support for the Governor Okowa's stronger Delta vision.


Close to tears, Prof. Benjamin went forward by telling a story of how the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality has not been fairly treated enough in distribution of government policies and projects, and pleaded with His Excellency, the Governor to intervene.


On his part, the Obenanaowei of Ogulagha Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Capt. Joseph L. Timiyan Torububou 1, appealed to the Governor, ably represented by his Special Adviser, to judiciously address the issue of pollution by the multinational oil companies in their ethnicity, as pollution from oil spills and destruction of illegal refineries had made life difficult for them.


The meeting which was hosted by the Obenanaowei of Ogulagha Kingdom and Chairman of Ijaw Traditional Rulers Council, His Royal Majesty Capt. Joseph L. Timiyan Torububou 1, at his palace, had in attendance other Traditional Rulers from the Ethnic Nationality, as well as college of political appointees on Community Development, who accompanied the Special Adviser.

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