Niger Delta
‘Let’s Restore Child Dignity’
Wife of the Rivers State Governor Dame Judith Amaechi says the domestication of the Child Rights Act in the state will restore the privileges and dignity of the child.
Judith Amaechi stated this Friday in a statement signed by her media assistant Dike Bekwele.
She said the Child Rights Bill currently committed to committee stage in the state house of assembly will tackle all injustice against the child when it becomes a law.
Judith Amaechi’s submission is coming against the backdrop that lack of proper legislation and enabling laws have frustrated the crusade against child labour among other social injustice against the child. “We have not been able to arrest all injustice against the children, while their rights are trampled upon and violated at will due to improper legislation and enabling laws in our society.”
The Rivers State First Lady is worried that twenty years after the universal child’s right convention was ratified by the UN, the child has not been given a pride of place. “It will be twenty years this November of the ratification of the Universal Child’s Right Acts convention, let us therefore give our children their pride of place.”
She explained that the current economic and social index shows that the future of the nation lies with the children and ignoring this position may spell a doom for the nation.
“It will be in the interest of the nation to enhance the privilege of children with a view to empowering them to perform their responsibilities to the nation in future.”
Reflecting on the education of the children, she added that drastic measures must be put in place to realise the objective of the education for all (EFA) in 2015. “The quest for affordable and accessible education inspired the establishment of the ESI Nursery schools in Rivers State to cater for the needs of less privileged rural children whose parents cannot afford early and foundational education, we will complement the state government to achieve the MDGs and EFA in 2015”.
The United Nations General Assembly in December 1954 recommended that countries institute a universal children day. November 20th marks the day which the Assembly adopted the rights of the child in 1959 and the convention on the rights of the child in 1989.
Niger Delta
Tai Agric Sector Gets Emergency Attention …As Chairman Distributes Farm Inputs, Inaugurates Technical Team

The Chairman of Tai Local Government Council of Rivers State, Hon. Matthew Nenu Bari Dike has declared a state of emergency in the agriculture sector of Tai local government.
Speaking while distributing farm implements and other agricultural support packages to the farmers at the council’s headquarters in Saakpenwa, yesterday, Dike challenged farmers to show their farms before requesting for financial assistance.
The council boss stated that as a government, they were committed to putting smiles on the faces of the people and assured that his administration would ensure that every person in the local government is happy.
“As a government we want to assure you that, we will stop at nothing to ensure you all are empowered and living happily”.
According to him, “the gesture is aimed at enhancing food production and security through agriculture, and enjoined all lovers of agriculture in the local government area to identify with the quest to redefine development through agriculture in the local government.
He encouraged everyone to cultivate the passion and return to agriculture, to guarantee self-reliance, maximum food production and security in the area.
His administration, he said, would purchase more yam seedlings in order to get greater production to encourage exportation beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“A boost in yam production will also empower farmers in the Local Government Area”, the elated chairman said.
In a related development, the Chairman has inaugurated a five, member Agricultural Technical Committee for the Local Government Area.
The committee is made up of Pst. Anderson Wariboko, Barr. Paul Newman,, Smith Nyor-Ue, Gladys Jumbo and Dr Keke Rammyson
Also speaking, the Director of Agriculture, Tai Local Government Area, Mr Anderson Wariboko revealed that the event was part of activities to mark the chairman’s 100 days in office.
Wariboko who led the chairman, and other leaders of the council on the distribution of the farm inputs to the farmers, was full of praises for the chairman, Hon. Dike whom he said has the interest of the people at heart.
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