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PRESS CONFERENCE HELD ON THE IMPOSED SETTLEMENT OF PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON THE RIVERS STATE CRISIS
By Chief (Dr.) E. K. Clark (19th December, 2023)
PRESS CONFERENCE HELD ON THE IMPOSED SETTLEMENT OF PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON THE RIVERS STATE CRISIS
By Chief (Dr.) E. K. Clark (19th December, 2023)
Firstly, I wish to commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for heeding the various calls, including our own, to mediate in the on-going crisis rocking Rivers State by calling Barr. Nyesome Wike to order so as to restore peace and tranquillity in the State and avert any problem similar to that which occurred in 2013, when Barr. Wike was Minister of State Education.
However, the terms of settlement as contained in the Communique issued at the end of the reconciliatory meeting is what is baffling, appalling and unacceptable to the people, especially, the Ijaw ethnic nationality. From the terms of settlement, it is obvious that President Tinubu sees his role as a mediator, to once again, show gratitude to the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for “delivering” Rivers State to him during the past Presidential elections, having first of gratified him by making him the Minister of FCT.
First Observation:
The composition of the attendees of the meeting was one sided in favour of Nyesome Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), because while Martins Amaewhule, a former Speaker, (because he has automatically lost his seat the very moment he decamped to another political party), was present at the meeting, it would have only been equitable and expedient, for Edison Ehie, the Speaker as affirmed by constitutional provisions and by the granting of the court, to be in the meeting, if there were sincerity of purpose.
The 8 resolutions reached, are the most unconstitutional, absurd and obnoxious resolutions at settling feuding parties that I have ever witnessed in my life. As a matter of fact, some medias captured it very well when they described it as Directives. And for the fact that such thing was done at the Villa, the seat of the Federal Government of Nigeria, is sacrilegious, because any place housing or is a custodian of symbol of authority, ought to be sacred.
It is obvious that Governor Siminialayi Fubara was ambushed and intimidated into submission. President Tinubu should know that with all the powers he possesses, he cannot override the Constitution. From all that transpired at the meeting, the laws of the land have not been obeyed. President Tinubu simply sat over a meeting where the Constitution, which is the fulcrum of his office as President and which he swore to uphold and abide by, was truncated and desecrated.
27 or so members (because the figure is not certain), of the Rivers State House of Assembly left the political party on which platform they were elected. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is very clear on that. Section 109 is quite clear on that and it says:
A member of a House of Assembly shall vacate his seat in the House if
Being a person whose election to the House of Assembly was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected:
Provided that his membership of the later political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored;
The Speaker of the House of Assembly shall give effect to subsection (1) of this section, so however that the Speaker or a member shall first present evidence satisfactory to the House that any of the provisions of that subsection has become applicable in respect of the member.
Nyesom Wike is quite abreast of these constitutional provisions. He shouted his voice hoarse calling for the removal of persons like David Umahi as Governor of Ebonyi State, Ben Ayade as Governor of Cross River State and Bello Matawalle as Governor of Zamafara State, when they decamped from the PDP on which platform they were elected into office, to the APC, citing the above constitutional provisions. What has changed?
A Court of competent jurisdiction has pronounced Edison Ehie as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. That Ruling has not been vacated, and based on that he exercised the duties conferred on him by Section 109 (2) as quoted above, when the 27 or so members openly defected to APC, waving the flags of the party and singing President Tinubu’s campaign songs, from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). As at today and going by the Constitution, the Rivers State House of Assembly has four members who are recognised by the laws of the land Therefore, on what premise is Mr. President saying that the 27 decamped members should go back to the House? Under what political party, the PDP or the APC. The directives of Mr. President is absurd and cannot hold water. Mr. President should be aware that Siminialayi Fubara, today, is the elected Governor of Rivers State in the same manner Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the elected President of the country. And as a Governor, Mr. Fubara possesses all the powers as conferred on him by the Constitution.
2. Re-Submission of the names of Commissioners who have resigned their Appointments:
Another “directive” of Mr. President that the names of the Commissioners who were nominated by Nyesom Wike and who resigned on their own volition, and who have lost their trust in Governor Fubara, should be represented to the Rivers State House of Assembly for clearance to become Commissioners again, is ridiculous. Who is nominating them to become Commissioners again? Is it Mr. President? Was Mr. President thinking that he was mediating in a matter between Nyesom Wike and employees in Nyesom Wike’s private company? Is it what Nyesom Wike means when he talks about “structure”, referring to Rivers State as his personal holdings or enterprise?
3. Re-Presentation of a Budget already signed and passed into Law:
Another unthinkable “directive” of Mr. President is that a Budget which has been passed into Law, should be represented. It is absolutely ridiculous and unconstitutional.
By President Tinubu’s actions and directives, he has overruled the Constitution of the country; he has shaken the foundation of the country’s democracy. People lost their lives fighting for democracy in this country. Today, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has made of no effect the blood of the freedom fighters shed to salvage this country. He has thrown the country’s democracy fifty years backwards; this is unacceptable. Rather than building a strong system and society, we are building strong, invidious characters, with our national patrimony through corruption and avarice.
By the actions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he has really shown his dislike and disdain for the Ijaw people. and confirms his hatred for them. And as the leader of the Ijaws, we will resist it.
Nyesom Wike is not an emperor. For the eight years he was in power as Governor of the Rivers State, he ruled with an iron fist. As Governor, he will not accept such treatment from anyone, as he is spear heading to be meted out to the current Governor of the State, Siminialayi Fubara. Barr. Wike destroyed his opponent’s houses and even threatened to kill them as cried out by Senator Lee Maiba from Ogoni, and Dr. Abiye Sekibo from Okrika
It is still fresh in our memory, how Nyesom Wike, as Minister of State, Education, used federal might to fight the then Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi that almost led to the grinding to a halt of governance in Rivers State when the Judiciary was closed down and the House of Assembly was shut down by the then Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi. President Jonathan did not interfere in his action because if he did, he will definitely be breaching Section 5(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria, which President Tinubu has deliberately breached, despite his oath of office to uphold and promote the Constitution. Nyesom Wike is Minister now, and again, he is using the federal government to truncate the wishes of the people of Rivers State. The rule of law in the country is completely truncated by President Tinubu. While it will be noted that presently, the National Assembly is discussing on the Bill of Local Government Autonomy, President Bola Tinubu is directing Governor Fubara to put into effect, a Bill passed by people who are no longer law makers.
4. The members of the House of Assembly choosing where they will sit to carry out their legislative duties:
It is the duty of the executive to provide legislative accommodation for the Houses of Assembly including the National Assembly, and not the members of the House of Assembly to choose a place to meet. It is in this vein that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in presenting his Budget to the National Assembly, recognised the FCT Minister, Nyesome Nwike, as the land lord, because he is of the executive arm of government. It is the FCT that owns the National Assembly complex and maintains it. It is, therefore, ridiculous and unconstitutional for President Tinubu to direct, in his settlement, that the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, should meet wherever they want to meet.
We will resist such draconic, arbitrary and unconstitutional action by Mr. President and his customer Nyesom Wike. We will go to court to challenge this so-called one-sided and oppressive action of Mr. President.
On his part, the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Siminialayi Fubara, who has the mandate of the people of Rivers State to govern them for the next four years, has shown feebleness of character, by agreeing and appending his signature on a document containing such absurdity. He has betrayed the people who elected him as Governor and those who stood behind him in this cause. Mr Fubara has shown naivety in his actions; by signing that document, he has signed his death warrant, believing that the President will show him some sort of favours. Mr. Fubara’s mandate is Constitutional and so, he cannot surrender it in the face of intimidation from any quarter. And it is quite unfortunate. Did he go to that meeting to speak and justify his actions, or he went there to take directives from an equally elected President. As Governor of a State and as the Chief Security Officer of the State, he has shown tremendous lack of courage and competence. It will be in his best interest to resign if he cannot govern the State as constitutionally provided, or he may as well decamp and join APC, and be taking directives from Nyesom Wike and President Tinubu on the governance and leadership of the State.
Like I stated earlier, these obnoxious directives will not stand. The people of Rivers State, particularly, the Ijaws, who are in the majority and who have about 11 (eleven) Local Government Areas, out of the 23 Local Government Areas in the State, will resist it. Because by it, President Tinubu has delivered Rivers State to Nyesom Wike as a reward for “delivering” the State to him. I call on the people of Rivers State and indeed all well-meaning Nigerians, to stand up against it, using all Constitutional and legal means, because we do not know the next State in the country that will be affected or pawned to another political customer by President Tinubu, as political patronage. It is absurd, it is draconian. It is transactional. It is a rape of our democracy. The people of Rivers State should remember that it was the same lopsided solution/directive that President Tinubu gave to the people of Ondo State but they resisted and rejected it. Today, the needful has been done in that State.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not allow himself to be treated the way he oversaw Mr. Fubara being treated. We all can recall what happened when he governed Lagos State for eight years, and when he successfully resisted President Olusegun Obasanjo’s dictatorial tendencies when he tried to prevent him from creating more Local Government Areas in Lagos State. Nigerians hailed Bola Ahmed Tinubu for standing up to the occasion. That made him to be the undisputed leader of Lagos State. But today, he is overseeing such draconian and authoritarian action as President of the country, giving directives to a Governor to take action on things obviously not in tandem with the nation’s Constitution.
I, Senator Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, as leader of the Ijaw nation, and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), decided to hold this emergency Press Conference with the full authority of my people. We are prepared to face any consequences that may result in the political crisis in Rivers State. We will resist any attempt subtle, subterranean, convert, overt, to make an elected Ijaw son, Siminialayi Fubara, the Governor of Rivers State, a servant, a stooge to Nyesome Wike, who had boasted that any attempt by the Governor to touch his so-called ‘Wike’s structure’, with the connivance and support of President Bola Tinubu, will be resisted by us.
Like I said, we will go to go court to resist this oppressive action using all available constitutional and legal means. It is on this note I wish to appeal to the youths who are aggrieved, to remain calm, as we will use legal means to dethrone this hydra headed monster, called oppression.
Enough is Enough.
Chief (Dr.) EDWIN Kiagbodo Clark, OFR, CON
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FULL TEXT OF PRESS STATEMENT BY THE IJAW NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC) ON THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE IJAW NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC) ON THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS: A SYMBOLIC GESTURE IGNORING FUNDAMENTAL INJUSTICES
October 13, 2025 | Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
The Ijaw National Congress (INC), the apex socio-cultural organization of the Ijaw nation worldwide, has observed the recent exercise of the prerogative of mercy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which granted pardons to 175 Nigerians.
While we respectfully acknowledge the constitutional right of the President to wield this power, and recognize the symbolic value in correcting certain historical wrongs, the INC views this action with profound skepticism. We are not oblivious of the serious moral issues and questions raised by other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, but feel more bothered by the fact that this gesture, though wide-ranging, does little to address the deep-seated, systemic, and ongoing injustices perpetrated against the Ijaw people and the wider Niger Delta region.
Our position is informed by the following critical considerations:
1. The Pardon of the Ogoni Nine: A Welcome but Incomplete Act. The posthumous pardon granted to Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight other Ogoni leaders is a long-overdue acknowledgement of the grave judicial murder committed by the Nigerian state in 1995. However, this symbolic act remains tragically disconnected from the living realities in Ogoniland and the entire Niger Delta. The environmental devastation, economic marginalization, and political repression that Ken Saro-Wiwa died fighting against continue unabated today. Pardoning the dead without healing the land and empowering the living is a hollow victory.
2. A Distraction from Core Issues of Resource Justice: The Ijaw nation remains the primary source of the oil and gas wealth that sustains Nigeria. Yet, we remain in the perpetual periphery of benefit, suffering from what can only be described as “economic asphyxiation”. The legal architecture of dispossession, from the Petroleum Decree of 1969 to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) of 2021, remains firmly in place, systematically expropriating our resources and severing our sovereignty. A presidential pardon that does not restore our dignity and right to control and manage our God-given resources is no use to us.
3. The Unaddressed Ecological Genocide. While the President offers pardons, the Ijaw homeland continues to endure an ecological collapse orchestrated by decades of oil exploration. With thousands of recorded oil spills and continuous gas flaring that poisons our air and water, our ecosystem—the bedrock of our livelihood and cultural heritage—is being systematically destroyed. We do not need paternalistic gestures of mercy; we demand environmental justice, ecological restoration, and accountability from multinational corporations and the Nigerian state.
Our Demands:
The Ijaw National Congress, therefore, reiterates that our struggle is not for symbolic pardons but for substantive justice. We call on the Federal Government of Nigeria and the international community to:
– Initiate a genuine process of resource control and fiscal federalism that allows the Ijaw people to own and manage their resources as a right enshrined in natural justice and international law.
– Enforce a comprehensive and urgent environmental remediation program in the Niger Delta, in line with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report on Ogoniland and beyond.
– Repeal obnoxious laws like the Land Use Act and review constitutional provisions that perpetuate internal colonialism and “legalized oppression”.
– Address the disparity between the governance of the oil and gas sector, as contained in PIA 2021 and the solid minerals governance by the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007. This discrimination is designed to militarise, plunder and marginalise the Niger Delta, while affording a more equitable regime for solid mineral resources.
– Address the historical and political grievances of the Ijaw people, including the brazen political assaults on Ijaw sons and daughters, as witnessed in the recent illegal impeachment attempts against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.
Conclusion:
The Ijaw nation can no longer be placated by tokenistic gestures. Our right to self-determination is inalienable and rooted in solemn treaties with the British Crown and validated by international law. We shall continue to pursue this cause through peaceful, diplomatic, and strategic means, with the full solidarity of the global community.
The INC remains resolute in its mission to champion the dignity, justice, and sovereignty of the Ijaw people. We will not relent until our people are free from the shackles of oppression and can truly determine their own political and economic destiny.
Long Live the Ijaw Nation!
Prof. Benjamin O. OkabaPresident,
Ijaw National Congress (INC) Global
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PRESS RELEASE: The PIA and Solid Minerals Act – The Legislative Disparity and Discrimination Against the Niger Delta People
Being a Press Briefing by Prof Benjamin Okaba President, Ijaw National Congress (INC) Global on September 6, 2025, at the International Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria, on Arrival from A 4-Day Working Visit to the Republic of Ghana.
The Ijaw National Congress (INC), the apex socio-cultural body of the Ijaw Nation, under my leadership as President, is compelled to address the Nigerian public and the international community on the grave and systematic injustices codified into law against the people of the Niger Delta. Our focus is the stark and discriminatory disparity between the governance of the oil and gas sector, as contained in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, and the solid minerals sector, governed by the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act 2007.
A comparative analysis reveals not a simple difference in administrative approach, but a deliberate and calculated legislative framework designed to militarize, plunder, and marginalize the Niger Delta while affording other regions a gentler, more equitable regime for their resources. This is a classic case of two Nigerias operating under two sets of rules.
1. The Fundamental Inequity in Community Benefits and Ownership
The most egregious disparity lies in the treatment of host communities.
· The Niger Delta Experience (PIA): The PIA offers a paltry 3% of annual operational expenditure from oil companies for host communities, a figure we rejected as insulting given the decades of monumental environmental devastation and socio-economic neglect. Furthermore, this contribution is not from profit but from operational cost, and it is mandated to be managed through a Trust Fund, effectively sidelining elected state governments and traditional institutions, reducing them to “siddon lookers” in the words of Bayelsa State’s Deputy Governor. Crucially, the Act imposes a collective punishment clause, holding entire communities financially liable for vandalism of oil assets, a provision that is unjust, unconstitutional, and inflammatory.
· The Solid Minerals Regime: In stark contrast, the Mining Act mandates that operators conclude a Community Development Agreement (CDA) with their hosts, addressing scholarships, employment, infrastructure, and enterprise development. There is no collective punishment clause. Most tellingly, while the PIA reinforces the total federal ownership of oil, the Mining Act, though also declaring federal ownership, has historically tolerated artisanal and small-scale mining by individuals and cooperatives across northern and western states, allowing them to benefit directly from their resources without military intervention . This operational laxity grants a de facto economic participation that is ruthlessly denied to the people of the Niger Delta.
2. The Environmental and Remediation Double Standard
The approach to environmental protection and remediation further highlights the bias.
· In the Niger Delta: Despite the PIA’s provisions against gas flaring, it includes a dangerous loophole allowing the Minister to permit it, rendering the prohibition weak. The environmental degradation from decades of oil spills and gas flaring has been catastrophic, destroying livelihoods and poisoning our ecosystem. Yet, there has never been a comprehensive environmental clean-up funded by the federal government or operators, with the much-publicized Ogoni cleanup being haphazard at best.
· In the Solid Minerals Sector: The Mining Act explicitly requires license holders to minimize environmental impact and rehabilitate mined land to its natural or predetermined state . While enforcement is a challenge, the legal obligation is clear and unequivocal, lacking the ministerial loopholes present in the PIA.
3. Security and Militarization: An Occupied Territory vs. Business as Usual
This is the most chilling aspect of the disparity.
*The Niger Delta: Our region is effectively under military occupation. The government has deployed the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Restore Hope since 2002 to secure oil infrastructure and prevent local refining. This militarization turns our communities into war zones, with our people subjected to human rights abuses, all to protect oil assets while denying us the benefits from them.
*The Solid Minerals Sector: There is no JTF in mining states. Despite widespread illegal mining, the federal government only announced plans for mining marshals as recently as March 2024, and even that has not been fully activated. This represents a deliberate non-militarization of the solid minerals sector, allowing for a more permissive environment that stands in stark contrast to the repression in the Niger Delta.
4. The Grand Larceny of Resource Allocation: 3% vs. 30%
The PIA commits the ultimate act of resource injustice by allocating a meager 3% of OPEX to host communities who bear 100% of the burden, while allocating a whopping 30% of NNPC Ltd.’s profit to explore for oil in so-called “frontier basins”. These basins are predominantly located in the North. This means that the wealth generated from the Niger Delta’s suffering is being used to subsidize the search for oil in other regions, with no guarantee of success. This is not national development; it is state-sponsored resource colonialism.
Table: Summary of Legislative Disparacies Against the Niger Delta
POLICY AREA
1. Niger Delta (Petroleum Industry Act)
2. Solid Minerals Region (Mining Act)
3. Implied Status of the Niger Delta
HOST COMMUNITY BENEFITS
1. 3% of Operetor’s Annual OPEX (Operational Expenditure)
2. Community Development Agreements (CDA)
3. A cost center to be managed
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
1. Weak penalties, ministerial loopholes, no comprehensive cleanup
2. Clear legal obligation for rehabilitation
3. A sacrifice zone
SECURITY APPROACH
1. Militarize (Joint Task Force)
2. Non-militarized (Planned Marshals)
3. An occupied territory
RESOURCE CONTROL
1. Absolute federal control, no local participation
2. De facto tolerance of local mining
3. A conquered territory
REVENUE ALLOCATION
1. Wealth diverted to Frontier Basin (30%)
2. Benefits Largely retained within region
3. A colony to be exploited
Conclusion and Demand
The evidence is irrefutable. The PIA and the Mining Act, when read side-by-side, reveal a Nigeria that operates a two-tiered system of resource justice. For the rest of Nigeria, there is a pretension of cooperation and benefit-sharing. For the Niger Delta, there is only extraction, militarization, and legislative neglect.
We, therefore, demand the following:
1. Immediate Legislative Harmonization: The National Assembly must initiate an amendment to the PIA to bring its community benefit provisions, environmental obligations, and ownership principles in line with the more equitable standards of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act. This includes, as a minimum, a review of the 3% and 30% allocations.
2. Demilitarization of the Niger Delta: The Federal Government must immediately withdraw the Joint Task Force from the Niger Delta and adopt a civil and regulated security approach, consistent with the approach in the solid minerals sectors.
3. True Federalism and Resource Control: The long-term solution to this perennial crisis is a return to the practice of true federalism and derivation-based resource control, as practiced in the First Republic, where regions managed their resources for their development.
The Niger Delta is not a colony of Nigeria. We can no longer accept laws that treat our people and our environment as sacrificial lambs for national unity. Enough is enough.
Signed:
Professor Benjamin Okaba
President, Ijaw National Congress (INC) Global
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Press Statement: Ijaw National Congress (INC) Condmn Gov. Oborevwori’s Delay In Ayakoromor Bridge Completion In The Face Of Multiple Capital Projects Elsewhere
August 23, 2025
The Ijaw National Congress (INC), under my leadership, has taken note of the recent statement by his Excellency, Rt.Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, Governor of Delta State, announcing the award of reconstruction of the dual carriageway with reinforced concrete from the Spare Parts Market U-TURN, Effurun, to after Ohore Junction, before Omenta Bridge, to CCECC.
The INC commends the governor for his bold and visionary infrastructure strides, particularly the rapid execution of large-scale projects across Urhobo land, including dual carriageway, flyovers, and storm water drain networks. These projects are not only laudable but also demonstrate the governor’s commitment to modernising critical transport corridors and easing mobility for citizens in those areas.
However, as a pan-ijaw body, we cannot overlook the perpetual neglect and abandonment of the Ayakoromor Bridge project and the long demand road linkage from Warri through Ogbe-ijoh to Odimodi and Ogulagha-a critical artery to the ijaw heartland and the nations economic nerve centre in oil and gas production. This deliberate sidelining of ijaw communities, despite their overwhelming contribution to Nigeria’s energy wealth, is unacceptable and smacks of systemic marginalisation.
It is both disheartening and provocative that while billions of naira of our common partrimony are being channeled into infrastructural upgrade across Urhobo territories, projects of equal, if not greater national significance sited in Ijaw areas are left to rot.
The Ayakoromor bridge, in particular, has become a symbol of broken promises and political insensitivity – a project flagged off with much funfair in 2014 is now left to rot in abandonment, cutting off riverine Ijaw communities from meaningful economic integration of Delta State.
We, therefore, call on Governor Oborevwori to rise above partican or ethnic considerations and urgently prioritise the completion of Ayakoromor bridge and continue to extend roads connecting Warri to the riverine areas, either constructing Ayakoromor-Gbekebor-Obotebe-Burutu-Ofougbene-Forcados-Odimodi-Ogulagha route or the Ogbe-Ijoh-Isaba-Ayakoromor/Gbekebor-Obotebe-Burutu-Ofougbene-Forcados-Odimodi-Ogulagha route. These projects are not mere demands of a people; they are essential Lifelines that will unlock commerce, facilitate energy logistics, and address decades of infrastructural injustice in Delta state.
The INC is not against the development of any part of Delta State. On the contrary, we applaud progress wherever it is recorded. But equity, fairness, and justice demand that Ijaw communities – who bear the environmental brunt of oil exploitation, pollution, and hosts key national economic assets such as the Forcados and Escravos Oil Terminals which contributes collossally to Delta’s towering federal allocation must not continue to be treated as people under apparthide rule or second-class citizens in capital developmental planning. Inter-Community and internal community roads are very good, but they take our people nowhere.
Governor Oborevwori, the INC implores you to remember your oath to govern all parts of Delta State equitably and your repeated promises to complete Ayakoromor bridge. Only then can your vision of rebuilding a “Stronger Delta together” be truly inclusive and enduring.
Signed:
Prof. Benjamin Ogele Okaba
President, Ijaw National Congress (global).