Advocacy Group Tasks RSG On Peace Building

A Port Harcourt-based Non Governmental Organisation, Advocacy  for Peace, Social Justice and Good Governance,  has called on the Rivers State Government  to support its efforts at peace building in Rivers State.
The Secretary of the organisation, Mr. Josiah  Phannel Ebenezer, who spoke with The Tide in Port Harcourt  at  the   weekend, noted that  his organisation had done much in the area of peace building in different communities in the state.
Mr. Ebenezar, who is also a lawyer said his organisation  was partnering with the media  to end wanton killing in parts of the state.
He said his group had  carried out peace campaigns, seminars and workshops aimed  at drawing attention of the youth to the festering violence in the state and Niger Delta region as a whole.
The Andoni-born lawyer praised Governor  Nyesom Wike for the  infrastructural development in the state but implored him to support their effort at peace building.
Mr. Ebenezar stated that the attention of his advocacy group  was focused on the northern Ikwerre communities of Omerelu, Apani,  Egbeda and Omudioga, where activities of Deygbam and Icelanders fraternities were displacing people from their homes.
He warned that if nothing was done to curb the crises in those communities, there would be a preponderance of   Internally  Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.
Mr. Ebenezar implored the state  government to support his organization in its building efforts.
He also called on well-meaning individuals to support the organisation to achieve the desired goal.

Chidi Enyie