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Revalidation/Registration …Okrika People Loyal To PDP – Parker
The on-going Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) revalidation and registration exercise in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State as applicable to other parts of the State and the country has been described as not only peaceful but very orderly.
Speaking shortly after monitoring the exercise in the Okrika Local Government Area in company of the State Commissioner of Information and Communications and PDP chieftains in the area, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker said that the massive turn out for the exercise was an eloquent testimony to the overwhelming support the PDP enjoys in Okrika.
Dr. Parker who registered in Ward 5 along side the Commissioner of Information and Communications said “I am greatly encouraged by the turn out” which he noted “is a reaffirmation of the loyalty of the people of Okrika to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the Governor Amaechi led Government in the State”.
“Before now, party registration exercise used to be a big issue in Okrika but today the difference is as clear as the day light” Dr. Parker noted.
“All and sundry are at liberty to register freely without the usual hoarding of cards” the State Health boss further stated.
According to Dr. Parker, “the PDP is not a secret society because the present administration in the State does not see why it should be so”.
He called on the people of Okrika Local Government Area to continue to support the Peoples Democratic Party and the administration of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as the only Party and Government they could participate in for the full realization of their well being, stressing that in Okrika “nobody can be bigger than the party”.
On the peaceful disposition of the people, Dr. Parker said, “Okrika people have always been peace loving and hospitable people who have always aspired to live in harmony with their neighbours and strangers as well as themselves”.
Also speaking, State Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari said that the success of the exercise in Okrika Local Government Area is a demonstration of the confidence the PDP Government in the State, led by Governor Chibuike Amaechi has achieved in the heart of the people.
Mrs. Semenitari who said that the PDP led administration in Rivers State has delivered on its mandate to the people of Okrika, appealed to them to sustain their support and loyalty to the Party and the State Government, saying that they have so much to benefit.
She used the opportunity to urge the youth of Okrika to remain focused in their pursuit for the peace and development of the area, stressing that Okrika Local Government Area would continue to depend on the individual meaningful contributions of the people to move to the next level.
Similarly, the member representing Okrika Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Lynda Stewart who revalidated her PDP membership in Okrika Ward 12 and who also monitored the exercise in the area adjudged the on-going PDP revalidation and registration exercise in Okrika described the exercise as transparent and peaceful.
Speaking to newsmen shortly after the revalidation of her membership of the PDP, Hon. Stewart commended the people for their exemplary conduct.
According to her, “the exercise is free for all intending members without any barriers and restrictions”.
Hon. Stewart therefore thanked the people of Okrika for· making good their promise to remain law-abiding in all partisan activities in the area, saying that there was nothing that could be equated to a law-abiding s6ciety.
In his remarks, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Okrika Local Government Area, Hon. Fiberesima Gilbert expressed appreciation to the people for their orderly conduct and comportment during the exercise and assured that it would be sustained.
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RSG Tasks Rural Dwellers On RAAMP …As Sensitization Team Visits Akulga, Degema, Three Others

Rivers State Head of Service, Dr (Mrs) Inyingi Brown, has called on rural communities in the State to embrace the Rural Access and Agricultural marketing project (RAAMP) with a view to improving their living conditions.
This follows the ongoing sensitization campaign by the State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) visits to Degema, Abonnema, Afam headquarters of Degema, Akuku Toru and Oyigbo Etche and Omuma local government areas respectively.
Dr Brown who was represented by the Deputy Director, Special Duties in her office, Mrs Dein Akpanah, said RAAMP was initiated by the Federal Government and World Bank to economically empower rural dwellers.s
She said the World Bank understands the plights of rural farmers and traders in the State, and therefore came up with the programme to address them.
According to her, RAAMP will improve the conditions of farmers, traders and fishermen, and therefore, behoves on every rural communities in the State to embrace the programme.
The Head of Service also said the programme would support the youths to be gainfully employed while bridges and roads will be built to link farms and fishing settlements.
Also speaking, the State project coordinator, Mr Joshua Kpakol, said the programme has the potential of creating millionaires among farmers and fishermen in the State.
Kpakol who was represented by Engr. Sam Tombari, said RAAMP would help farmers and fishermen to preserve their produce.
According to him, the project will build cold rooms and Silos for preservation of crops and fishes while access roads will also be created to link farmers and fishermen to the market.
He, however, warned them against any act that will lead to the suspension of the projects by the World Bank.
Kpakol particularly warned against acts such as kidnapping, marching ground, gender based violence and child labour, adding that such acts if they occur may lead to the cancellation of the project by the World Bank.
During the visit to Oyigbo local government area, Mr Joshua Kpakol, said the team was there to let them know how they will benefit from the Raamp.
The coordinator who was personally at Oyigbo said the World Bank introduced the project to check food insecurity in the State.
He said already 19 states in Nigeria are already benefitting from the project and called on them to embrace the project.
Meanwhile, stakeholders in the three local government areas have commended the World Bank for including their areas in the project.
They, however, complained over the incessant attacks by pirates on their waterways.
At Degema, King Agolia of Ke kingdom said land was a major problem in the kingdom.
King Agolia represented by High Chief Alpheus Damiebi said many indigenes of the kingdom are willing to go into farming but are handicapped by lack of land.
Also at Degema, the representative of the Omu Onyam Ekeim of Usokun Degema kingdom, Osoabo Isaac, said Degema has embraced the programme but needed more information on the implementation of the programme.
Similarly, while High Chief Precious Abadi advised that the project should not be narrowed to only crop farming, a community women leader, Mrs Orikinge Eremabo Otto, called for the construction of cold rooms in all fishing settlements in the area.
At Abonnema, Mr Diamond Kio linked the problem of the area to incessant piracy along waterways.
He also expressed fears over the possibility of the project being hijacked by politicians.
Also at Abonnema, a stakeholder, Ikiriko Kelvin, called on the World Bank to design an agricultural project that will suit the riverine environment, while at Oyigbo, HRH Eze Boniface Akawo expressed satisfaction with the project.
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Senate Replaces Natasha As Committee Chairman

The political mudslinging between the Senate leadership and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan continued yesterday as the Senate named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the appointment during yesterday’s plenary, confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on suspension.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was reassigned to the Diaspora and NGOs Committee in February after she was removed as Chair of the Senate Committee on Local Content during a minor reshuffle.
Bassey is the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District.
Although no reason was given for her removal yesterday, the change is believed to be connected to her unresolved suspension.
In May, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court ordered her reinstatement and directed her to tender an apology to the Senate.
However, the Senate has insisted it has not received a certified true copy of the court judgment.
Akpoti-Uduaghan who represents Kogi Central, has yet to resume her legislative duties despite a recent court ruling that voided her suspension.
In a televised interview on Tuesday, Akpoti-Uduaghan said she was awaiting the Certified True Copy of the judgment before officially returning to plenary, citing legal advice and respect for institutional process.
Although the Federal High Court described her suspension as “excessive and unconstitutional”, a legal opinion dated July 5 and attributed to the Senate’s counsel, Paul Daudu (SAN), argued that the ruling lacked any binding directive to enforce her reinstatement.
Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of only three female senators in the current assembly, said the continued delay in allowing her return was not only a denial of her mandate but also a blow to democratic representation.
“By keeping me out of the chambers, the Senate is not just silencing Kogi Central, it’s denying Nigerian women and children representation. We are only three female senators now, down from eight,” she said.
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