Just-ln: Hon. Francis Waive Bill Seeking establishment of Federal College of Nursing/Midwifery passes 2nd reading

Just-ln: Hon. Francis Waive Bill Seeking establishment of Federal College of Nursing/Midwifery passes 2nd reading

A bill for an act to establish Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery, Otu-Jeremi Delta State sponsored by Hon. Francis Ejiroghene Waive, the member representing Ughelli North, Ughelli  South and Udu Federal Constituency scales through second reading in the House of Representatives.

This was disclosed on  the Twitter handle of the lawmaker on Thursday 6th May, 2021 when the honorable member was reading the bill in the floor of the house.

According to Hon. Waive, said the bill when pass into law, the college will create thousands of job for the teeming youths of Delta State, especially Ughelli South, North and Udu constituents.

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PTI Flags Off Computer Competency Training For Urhobo Youths

PTI Flags  Off Computer  Competency  Training  For Urhobo Youths

By Wilson Macaulay

The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State has flagged off Training of Technical Skills tagged; “Computer Competency Skills Acquisition”  for Urhobo Youths World Wide , spreading across the twenty four kingdoms  of the urhobo nations.

The Acting Principal and Chief Executive  of the Petroleum Training Institute, Dr. Henry Adimula in his welcome cum  opening address stated that the  management  in this  maiden  edition of the programme  shortlisted sixty youths drawn from the twenty four kingdoms of the Urhobo  nation under the auspices of the youth wing of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU.

Dr. Henry Adimula, the PTI Chief Executive  hinted that the programme which is part of the institute's  Corporate Social Ressponsibility CSR to their  host communities is conceived to put participants   in the right stead to be self reliant in  the face of acute unemployment and mass  job loss  as a result of the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the economics of the world.

According to Dr. Henry Adimula,  PTI which was established  in 1975 to train technical man power for the oil and gas industries has lived up to expectation by carrying out the mandate for which it was established .

Dr. Henry Adimula while stressing  the  need for a paradign shift  in education to competence in practical learning and ability to apply it to provide solutions to myriads of societal problems said: "

l must  emphasize that our students must be trained not only to be good for paper certificate but to be solution providers.All too often we are giving young people cut flowers  when we should be teaching them to grow their own plant".

He explained that this Training Programme on Computer Competency Skills Acquisition for Youths of Urhobo Kingdom is 100%  PTI initiative to  equip  the youths with skills on information technology (ICT) which is fundamental in the digital business and e  transact age.

Dr Agbalagba Ezekiel, the Chairman of Academic Staff Union ASU of the  FUPRE who represented Prof. Rim - Ruke  Akpofure, Vice Chancellor,  Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun  , as the Chairman of the occasion, commended  the effort of PTI under  the  leadership of Dr. Henry Adimula for the vision which he described as a step in the right direction.

Dr. Agbalagha Ezekiel enjoined the participants of the programme  to see it as a Turning Point in their life by staying committed and dedicated so that they can spring out at the end of the training as giants in our society and in turn change others for better.

Professor Sunny Aghwefeada a University don, who was the guest speaker and pastor Verah Orhobor a  departmental head of the institute who spoke as resource persons to  the participants  concurred in their counsel that the  participants should  be Patience, adventurous ,creative, innovational  and be hardworking so that at the completion of the training they can become global players in their chosen endeavours.

Dr. Capt.Onoharigho, the Deputy President General  of UPU, who was the father of the day in his remarks appreciated the  the PTl Principal, Dr Henry Adimula  for the laudable idea and the track record of PTI as a reliable institute of learning.

Mr Brown Ukanefimoni the Director of Information and the moderator of the event in his speech noted that this training is the first of it's kind borne out of the burning desire of the Principal to use the instruments of his good office to  effect positive change in our society.

IYC Western Zone: Odens Okaba Assures ljaw youths of adequate representation

IYC Western Zone: Odens Okaba Assures ljaw youths of adequate representation

Francis Tayor

The foremost aspirant for the post of lnformation Officer in the forthcoming ljaw Youth Council (IYC) Western Zone, Comrade Odens Okaba has promised ljaw youths of adequate representation when given the mandate to serve.

He gave the assurance on Thursday 6th May, 2021 in Warri, while addressing some delegates, noted that his wealth of experience as former two time member of the mobile parliament in Council as well as the immediate past Chairman of Tarakiri Clan, he is very much abreast of the modus operandi in Council.

Comrade Odens reiterated that ljaw liberation struggle is part and parcel in his DNA far back his university days, stressing that the image of ljaw youths Western Zone would be positively projected before the general public.

 " As a Communicator, the demands of ljaw people, such as scholarship, employment chances, youth empowerment programmes e.t.c. from the state government, multinational oil companies operating in our territory would be effectively presented and pursued towards actualization. The genuine agitation for Self Determination of our people would be reinvigorated to a limelight, especially now that the nation is in a state of coma. I pledge to work assiduously with  my Chairman to ensure that what is due to ljaw people is given to us in this heterogeneous state we find ourselves, Comrade Okaba asserted. "

However, he appealed to Western Zone ljaw youths, especially the potential delegates to vote him as the next lnformation Officer of Council, noting that he will not disappoint ljaw youths when elected, the statement adds.

Bandits were created by Gen. Buhari to oust Jonathan, says Ribadu Nuhu

Bandits were created by Gen. Buhari to oust Jonathan, says Ribadu Nuhu

....They are not Boko Haram nor Herdsmen

It all started in April 2014 when Mohammadu Buhari assembled his ardent supporters, promoters and strategists to determine how to remove President Jonathan Goodluck.  Prominent amongst them were El-Rufai, Gen Danbazo (Rtd)……..

A decision was reached to consult Miyatti Allah cattle breeders association for assistance to boot Jonathan Goodluck out of office. Consequently, the National Chairman of Miyatti Allah was engaged to bring in foreign mercenaries. Within a month, 2,000 Fulani fighters were brought in from Mali, Senegal, Niger Republic, Chad, Libya to name but a few. Further 4,000 fighters were stationed in Niger and Chad on standby.

 On arrival, they were assembled in Kaduna under the sponsorship of El Rufai and were addressed by various Northern Leaders including the Sultan of Sokoto, Gen. Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar (Rtd) etc.

Specifically, Gen Buhari in his address told the fighters that “the British handed Nigeria over to us the Fulanis at independence. The land (Nigeria) belongs to us. We must reclaim what belongs to us.”He added that at the event that Jonathan Goodluck worn the election, the Fulani machinery must fight until they regain control of the country. He assured them that the Nigerian Army was behind them.

The mercenaries received initial training from the Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy and were sent to 6 camps in Ekiti State, Benue State, Katsina State, Kaduna State, Zamfara State and Borno State.

In the camps, brand new pick-up trucks, generators etc were provided them. Nigerian Airforce helicopters were used to provide them essential supplies like food, water, drinks and even arms and ammunitions.

Evidently, Jonathan Goodluck lost the election in 2015 through a well orchestrated election organised by INEC under a Fulani Chairman, Professor Jega. Gen Buhari (Rtd) was sworn in as the president. This saw the emergence of a Fulani president through a dodgy election hence the planned violent war was averted.

Contrary to expectation, the mercenaries in the various camps were abandoned, no more food and essential supplies. The relationship between Miyatti Allah, El Rufai (now a State Governor) and Dambazo broke down. El Rufai arrogantly declared that they were not needed anymore and they should go back. Consequently, the killings in Kaduna commenced as a warning to El Rufai but it did not bother him. He declared that he had paid the people carrying out the killings and they did not want to stop. The Nigerian police did not bother to call Gov El Rufai to give further clarification on this.

The Mercenary at the various camps decided to go about to find food for themselves by robbing people, going into farm lands and kidnapping.  Miyatti Allah made several efforts to contact El Rufai and Dambazzo to appeal to them to provide money to return these fighters to where they came from. All efforts proved abortive. The mercenaries at this point vacated their organised camps and took to crime.

The criminal gangs which emanated from these mercenaries were at this point described as “Bandits” in order to differentiate them from other notorious terrorist groups like Fulani Herdsmen, Boko Haram etc.

Following the untold destruction and killings which the Bandits carried out especially in Katsina and Zamfara, the Northern leaders in conjunction with officials of Nigerian Government requested Miyatti Allah to intervene and remove the Bandits from Nigeria. Miyatti Allah returned demanding 150 Billion Naira to settle the Bandits and evacuate them. The Government turned the offer down and restricted itself to the payment of 100 Billion Naira.

Shamefully Godwin Emefiele raised 100 Billion Naira for the settlement as a condition for his re-appointment as the Central bank Governor.

Miyatti Allah collected the money and purportedly distributed it but nothing changed.

In a bid to control the damage, President Buhari directed that RUGA initiative be setup to create colonies for these fighters in every state in Nigeria.

My questions are:

1. Should Nigerian communities accommodate these criminal elements?

2. Why has El Rufai not been called to clean up the mess he created?

3. Does this explain the President Buhari’s silence?

4.Is this conspiracy of the North gone wrong?

Nigerians think for yourselves?

Written 

By 

DSP Nuhu Ribadu

Ijaw Democratic Force Congratulates Prof Benjamin Ogele Okaba, President elect INC.

Ijaw Democratic Force Congratulates Prof Benjamin Ogele Okaba, President elect INC.

The ID -Force wish to congratulate Prof Benjamin Ogele Okaba as he emerge victorious as President elect INC to aggressively represent and tackle the affairs of the apex body of the Ijaw Nation. 

We wish to acknowledge and appreciate His Excellency, Sen Douye Diri, Governor Bayelsa State and the CITRE, by playing a pivotal oversight function expected of their capacities for creating a calm, siren and condusive environment to achieve an innovative and peaceful electoral process of its kind in the region.

We also wish to commend the INC ELECO 2021 led by HRH Prof Dagogo M. J Fubara for their steadfastness and painstaking commitment to ensure a credible electoral process.

We understand that the introduction of the e-voting system is saddled/bottled with several challenges with its maiden display in the shortest time frame. We convinced that subsequent e-voting process stands to get a more robust, efficient and transparent election outcomes for the Ijaw Nation, knowing fully well how the maiden e-voting in the region was not too bad for a start.

Ijaw Democratic Force Congratulates Prof Benjamin Ogele Okaba, President elect INC.

The ID -Force wish to congratulate Prof Benjamin Ogele Okaba as he emerge victorious as President elect INC to aggressively represent and tackle the affairs of the apex body of the Ijaw Nation. 

We wish to acknowledge and appreciate His Excellency, Sen Douye Diri, Governor Bayelsa State and the CITRE, by playing a pivotal oversight function expected of their capacities for creating a calm, siren and condusive environment to achieve an innovative and peaceful electoral process of its kind in the region.

We also wish to commend the INC ELECO 2021 led by HRH Prof Dagogo M. J Fubara for their steadfastness and painstaking commitment to ensure a credible electoral process.

We understand that the introduction of the e-voting system is saddled/bottled with several challenges with its maiden display in the shortest time frame. We convinced that subsequent e-voting process stands to get a more robust, efficient and transparent election outcomes for the Ijaw Nation, knowing fully well how the maiden e-voting in the region was not too bad for a start.

Signed:

Amb. Ekisah Ebitimi,

Secretary General

Ijaw Democratic Force (ID-Force).

Former Education Minister, Gbagi Congratulates Okaba as INC President

Former Education Minister, Gbagi Congratulates Okaba as INC President

The former minister of Education, Chief Kenneth Gbagi has Congratulated Professor Benjamin Okaba on his election as the President of Ijaw National Congress, INC.

In a statement to newsmen, Gbagi said the election of the Delta born Professor of Sociology as the INC President will reposition the INC to enviable height.

Recall that Gbagi has made impactful contributions to the development of Ijaw nation especially the establishment of Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State and appointment of the firsts vice chancellor (VC). 

 Gbagi noted that Professor Benjamin Okaba as a Professor of Sociology and a Senior Lecturer at the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Ijaws will benefit from his wealth of experience.

Owotorufa congratulates Okoba on election victory, salutes Gov. Diri for been neutral

Owotorufa congratulates Okoba on election victory, salutes Gov. Diri for been neutral

IZON OTU ADOO!

My dear Prof. Benjamin Ogele Okaba:

I wish to congratulate you, my brother, on your victory at the recently concluded election into the most important office of Ijaw National Congress (INC). I wish you and your team a successful tenure.

To my teeming supporters from all over the world who invested time, funds and prayers in my aspiration to serve the Ijaw Nation as President of INC, please accept my heartfelt gratitude. I also want to extend appreciation to the various delegates, elders and leaders of thought who believed in me and cheerfully gave me their votes. 

The outcome of the election is the wish of God.

I deeply appreciate the government of Bayelsa State for maintaining a respectable distance throughout the period of the election, to allow the process to enjoy ample independence. I note with great joy, the impartial role and the genuine steps taken to produce an acceptable result notwithstanding obvious challenges. I also thank the commitment and patriotism of the Electoral Committee (ELECO).

The election offered useful lessons and insights that have given me a better understanding of the Ijaw people and our style of politics. 

I believe strongly, that as we advance into the world of technology, our electoral processes and procedures will develop and deepen alongside and become better than what was experienced today. 

May the good Lord continue protect, preserve and bless the Izon nation and her peoples. And may God always bless Nigeria!!

Yours sincerely,

Fredrick Endorokeme Owotorufa

INC Presidential Candidate

CEPEJ FELICITATE WITH PROF OKABA OVER HIS ELECTION AS INC PRESIDENT

CEPEJ FELICITATE WITH PROF OKABA OVER HIS ELECTION AS INC PRESIDENT

The Board of Trustees and Management of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, an NGO, have rejoiced with Professor Benjamin Okaba on his election as the President of Ijaw National Congress, INC.

In a statement issued on behalf of CEPEJ in Warri on Friday April 30, 2021, its National Coordinator and CEO, Comrade Chief Mulade Sheriff said the election of the Delta born Professor of Sociology as the INC President was a demonstration of his integrity in Ijaw Nation.

Comrade Mulade who is the Ibe-Seremowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West LGA of Delta State, noted that the NGO looks forward to collaborating with the INC for the good of Ijaw Nation, the Niger Delta Region and Nigeria at large.

While pledging CEPEJ's support for Prof. Okaba and his team, Comrade Mulade charged him to use his position as the President of foremost INC to address critical national issues such as those of insecurity, decay in the nation's educational infrastructure, as well as economic downturn in the Niger Delta Region.

Prof. Benjamin Okaba is the Editor-in-Chief of the Peace and Environment Africa Journal, a CEPEJ's academic publication. He was the pioneer Chairman of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice, SPSP, Delta State Chapter. He is a Professor of Sociology at the Federal University, Otueke, Bayelsa State.

CEPEJ's vision is to be the foremost NGO in the world which helps to promote and protect fundamental human rights, the Rule of Law, environmental justice and peaceful dialogue towards achieving sustainable development through improved living conditions for Nigerians particularly Niger Deltans and other Africans in a sustainable and peaceful environment.

The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice is committed to developing a coalition of local, national and international leaders, as well as organizations to address critical issues of governance, peace and security, development and environmental sustainability in Africa. The NGO advocates the use of non-violence as the best approach to resolving and managing conflicts.

CEPEJ sets agenda for development discourses through research, media advocacy, workshops, seminars, town hall meetings, peace rallies, livelihood assessment sessions, peace-building, capacity building training programmes for both community women and youths, partnership with government, other NGOs and community development organizations and or agencies. It organizes brainstorming sessions where local and global environment and security issues are discussed.

Owotorufa Congratulates Okaba on election victory, Commends Gov. Diri for been neutral

Owotorufa Congratulates Okaba on election victory, Commends Gov. Diri for been neutral 

IZON OTU ADOO!

My dear Prof. Benjamin Ogele Okaba:

I wish to congratulate you, my brother, on your victory at the recently concluded election into the most important office of Ijaw National Congress (INC). I wish you and your team a successful tenure.

To my teeming supporters from all over the world who invested time, funds and prayers in my aspiration to serve the Ijaw Nation as President of INC, please accept my heartfelt gratitude. I also want to extend appreciation to the various delegates, elders and leaders of thought who believed in me and cheerfully gave me their votes. 

The outcome of the election is the wish of God.

I deeply appreciate the government of Bayelsa State for maintaining a respectable distance throughout the period of the election, to allow the process to enjoy ample independence. I note with great joy, the impartial role and the genuine steps taken to produce an acceptable result notwithstanding obvious challenges. I also thank the commitment and patriotism of the Electoral Committee (ELECO).

The election offered useful lessons and insights that have given me a better understanding of the Ijaw people and our style of politics. 

I believe strongly, that as we advance into the world of technology, our electoral processes and procedures will develop and deepen alongside and become better than what was experienced today. 

May the good Lord continue protect, preserve and bless the Izon nation and her peoples. And may God always bless Nigeria!!

Yours sincerely,

Fredrick Endorokeme Owotorufa

INC Presidential Candidate

Marital Bliss: Clever & Joy sets to exchange marital vow tomorrow in Warri

Marital Bliss: Clever & Joy sets to exchange marital vow tomorrow in Warri 

...lnvites friends, well wishers to celebrate with them

A foremost Egbema born  upcoming rights activist, comrade Clever Zuowo Agbe would be getting  married to his heartbeat, Miss Joy Douperegha, tomorrow Saturday 1st May, 2021 in the city of Warri, Delta State.

Comrade Agbe who is the current Youth President of Okifamba Community,  Ogbudugbudu Town in Egbema Kingdom, Warri North LGA, Delta State, disclosed this to newsmen in warri stated that, the traditional marriage ceremony is taken place at Okotoro Street by the Winning Women Church, Off Airport road, Ugboroke, Warri Delta State.

According to him, preparation for the marriage ceremony has been put in place, stressing that all leaders of Egbema kingdom and the general public at large are specially invited to grace the occasion, the statement adds.

Vote Alaowei Frederick Owotorufa to Unlock the Wealth of ljaw Nation

Vote Alaowei Frederick Owotorufa to Unlock the Wealth of ljaw Nation

Dear Fellow DELEGATES:

I write to you as a fellow delegate to disclose to you an amazing secret I have just unearthed.

There is a man with a mission to extricate the Ijaw nation from the captivity she has been forced into by the laws of the land.

He is a Lawyer and a Security Expert.

He pledges to go into legal battles against the Federal Republic of Nigeria with a team of lawyers of international repute to free Ijaw nation from all the obnoxious laws that have kept her in circles of perpetual poverty.

I am convinced that he can do it and will do it; that is why my vote goes to him.

His name is: FREDRICK ENDOROKEME OWOTORUFA.

Join me, let us make him the I. N. C President to fight for our economic freedom.

Support Alaowei FRED ENDOROKEME OWOTORUFA with prayers and your VOTE.

Together, let us work towards a greater,united Ijaw nation.

_Fred Brisibe

Alaowei Fredrick Owotorufa will make the Oil Language Plain

Alaowei Fredrick Owotorufa will make the Oil Language Plain

It is an indisputable fact that Oil is the reason for the existence of Nigeria. The fact that Oil is produced majorly from Ijaw land is also not in doubt.

That the Ijaw people have not tasted enough of the sweetness of the Oil is also correct.

It is true also that the pith of the Ijaw struggle is to control the Oil Economy.

The fact that Ijaw nation is in extremely urgent need of a leader who can speak the language of Oil and guide them into the wealth of their land is not in any dispute.

There is no argument, FREDRICK ENDOROKEME OWOTORUFA is the man with the PASSWORD.

Surely, Fred Owotorufa will pass the access code to job seekers, scholarship applicants, contractors, and those in search of skills training opportunities.

According to King Robert Ebizimor,"Fred Owotorufa has surely come to HELP the Ijaw nation".

Support Alaowei FRED ENDOROKEME OWOTORUFA with prayers and your VOTE.

Together, let us work towards a greater, united Ijaw nation.

_Fred Brisibe

Just-ln: Nigeria Restructuring Bill Concluded, Ready For Ratification

Just-ln: Nigeria Restructuring Bill Concluded, Ready For Ratification

Below is the kite being flown by the Federal Government on Restructuring

Nigerian Economic Restructuring Bill 2021

[1] Nigeria will be made up of 42 states, with seven per each of her constituent geo-political zone. These shall be:

South-south

[1] Bayelsa State - Yenagoa

[2] Western Ijaw State - Patani

[3] Rivers State - Port Harcourt

[4] Cross River State - Calabar

[5] Akwa Ibom State - Uyo

[6] Edo State - Benin

[7] Delta State - Warri

 

Northeast

[1] Mambilla State - Gashaka

[2] Taraba State - Jalingo

[3] Adamawa State - Yola

[4] Borno State - Maiduguri

[5] Yobe State - Damaturu

[6] Bauchi State - Bauchi

[7] Gombe State - Gombe

Southeast

[1] Anioma State - Asaba

[2] Orashi State - Omoku

[3] Anambra State - Awka

[4] Imo State - Owerri

[5] Enugu State - Enugu

[6] Abia State - Umuahia

[7] Ebonyi State - Abakaliki 

 

North-Central

[1] Abuja State - Abuja

[2] Gurara State - Kafanchan

[3] Benue State - Makurdi

[4] Plateau State - Jos

[5] Nasarawa State - Lafia

[6] Kogi State - Lokoja

[7] Niger State - Minna

Southwest

[1] Kwara State - Ilorin

[2] Oyo State - Ibadan

[3] Ogun State - Abeokuta

[4] Lagos State - Ikeja

[5] Ondo - Akure

[6] Ekiti - Ado-Ekiti

[7] Osun - Oshogbo

Northwest

[1] Sokoto State - Sokoto

[2] Kebbi State - Birnin Kebbi

[3] Kaduna State - Kaduna

[4] Katsina State - Katsina

[5] Kano State - Kano

[6] Jigawa State - Dutse

[7] Zamfara State - Gusua

[2] Each state will be responsible for creating and funding its local governments as it deems fit. Local governments will be funded internally by the charging of a local tax, which will be augmented by a state grant representing no more than 10% of TV

[3] Over a 35 year period, we gradually migrate back to the 1957/58 revenue sharing formula agreed by our founding fathers at the Lancaster House Conferences in London under which the federating units will control all the resources within their domains and remit 50% to the centre

[4] Our federating units will keep 50% of all the revenue that they generate, put a further 20% into a central pot called the Excess Federation Account to which everyone can have access as the need arises, 10% will go into a geo-political zone account and the remaining 20% will go to into the Federation Account used to run the federal government

[5] With regards to all other resources, we shall move towards this immediately but in the case of oil and gas, the move will have to be gradual due to how dependent we have become on these two resources. A gradual migration shall take place over the next 35 years in this manner: 2000 - 13%, 2021 - 18%, 2023 - 20%, 2025 - 25%, 2030 - 30%, 2035 - 35%, 2040 - 40%, 2045 - 45%, 2050 - 50%

[6] Every one of our 42 states will be set a target of generating at least $2bn in export revenue. Any state government that attracts inward investment to the tune of $1bn, will get a corresponding grant from the federal government

[7] Any state that fails to generate as much revenue as it spends for two consecutive years as from 2020, will be subject to an immediate declaration of a state of emergency. It shall be administered centrally by the federal government until its books are balanced

[8] Every state must seek to generate at least 30% of its internal revenue from manufacturing and services, with a migration away from primary products to value added production

[9] Every state is free to create more local governments provided they meet the necessary criteria which includes holding a referendum and the fact that the local government area is self-sustaining. To be recognised as a local government area, basic facilities that must exist within the domain include 20 primary schools, five secondary schools, a local government headquarters, at least one vocational training college and at least one public health centre

[10] All local and state governments will as a matter of course award supply contracts to companies that manufacture products within Nigeria. Only as a last resort will companies that manufacture products abroad be granted government contracts.

Omo-Agege Panic, As Gbagi's Popularity Renders His Oginibo Visit Useless

Omo-Agege Panic, As Gbagi's Popularity Renders His Oginibo Visit Useless

The visit of the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, was greeted with low turnout, following the rejection of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the people of Oginibo Community in Ughelli south local government area of Delta State.

Senator Omo-Agege, who is representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Upper Chambers of the National Assembly (NASS), was in Oginibo to visit a chieftain of APC, Isaiah Kekeje, but was faced by the ground swelling popularity of Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi.

It was learnt that apart from people in his entourage, indigenes of the community, the country home of the People Democratic Party (PDP), governorship aspirant, Olorogun Gbagi, boycotted the event.

It was also gathered that the community distant itself from the meeting, as the leadership of Oginibo Community were also not in attendance.

A Community leader, Elder Isaac Egbavwerha said: "The executive that currently leads Oginibo were not in attendance. They said they are not APC members.

"As large as Oginibo Community, the women, men and even the youths that attended the visit were not up to 10. It was only those who came with him from other places that were attendance.

"No Oginibo indigene apart from about 10 came around", he said.

Meanwhile, Community youths, women and men who have thrown their weight behind the aspiration of the illustrious son, Barr. Gbagi, were seen chanting solidarity songs for his governorship ambition come 2023.

Taskforce begins demolition of illegal structures in Uvwie

Taskforce begins demolition of illegal structures in Uvwie

Delta State Taskforce on Environment in collaboration with Uvwie Local Government Special Taskforce on Environment and Traffic Control has commenced demolition of illegal structures, shanties and containerised shops built on top public drainage system as well as under high tension defacing the aesthetic beauty of the town. 

The exercise was carried out on Monday 26th April, 2021 by the state taskforce Chairman on Environment, Hon. Sylvester Oromoni alongside the Executive Chairman, Uvwie Local Government Council, Hon. Ransom Onoyaike, and the Chairman Uvwie Special Taskforce on Environment/Traffic Control, Mr. Isaac Itobi, after the expiration of series of vacation notice served residents over the past one year.

Speaking during the exercise, the state taskforce Chairman on environment, Hon. Sylvester Oromoni said all illegal structures, attachments built on top public drainage system along major roads are defacing the environment, causing unnecessary road traffic as well as obstructing free flow of water during rainfall. 

Oromoni expressed displeasure over the deliberate act by traders occupying public road to the detriment of other road users. He also raised alarm on traders under high tension, saying they are taking risk of their lives, stressing that what the government is doing is not witch hunting them rather is protecting them from unnecessary danger.

He noted that shop owners trading on top drainage and public walkways are the architects of most traffic jam in our roads, thereby making life uncomfortable to residents in Uvwie and its environ.

He therefore, sent a stern warning to traders in Udu,  Ughelli, Sapele and others whose shops are built on top public drainage system, under high tension and pedestrian walkways to immediately vacate the premises or risk demolition by the state taskforce, he stated.

In another development, the Chairman Uvwie Local Government Council, Hon. Ramson Onoyaike, said the exercise is a continue process until we achieved the desired result. He noted that the brain behind the operation is to keep Uvwie clean and conducive for everybody. " We cannot remain adamant when things are going wrong in our environment. Effurun roundabout is not a market place. Those trading under the flyover, Shoprite entrance should leave and secure a shop. I will not condoned lawlessness in Uvwie. If you are not ready to support the government of the day, please leave and stop been a nuisance in our environment, he asserted. 

Meanwhile, the member representing Uvwie Constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Solomon Igrakpata commended the joint operation efforts of the state Taskforce and that of Uvwie Special Taskforce on Environment and Traffic Control in bringing sanity and orderliness to the state. He said the leadership of the State House of Assembly is fully behind their operations, saying they will back the executive arm of government with the required law to keep Uvwie and Delta state clean.

However, the areas of operation on the first day include; Effurun roundabout, Agbor park PTI junction, DSC roundabout etc. The exercise will continue tomorrow from the popular Jakpa junction down to Ekpan.