Monarch Alerts On Environmental Pollution

The Amanyanabo of Ogu Kingdom, His Majesty, King Nicholas Dickson Ibiebele Nimenibo, Loko IX has again raised alarm over environmental and water pollution  in the area.
King  Nimenibo raised  the  alarm  when members of the Wakirike Ijaw Women Association paid  him a courtesy  visit in  his palace at Ogu in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area.
The Ogu monarch said the burning of petroleum products by the Military Joint Tasksd Force (JTF) in the area has polluted the  eco-system that  fisherfolk  could  no longer  carry  out their  occupation.
According to him, there are no longer fishes in the waters because of the polluted waters, thereby causing  untold  hardship,  suffering and starvation to the  fisherfolk.
The king who also  decried the activities of illegal  bunkering activities said even seafoods like priwinkle,  oyster, crab, bongafish, as well as the mangrove are being affected because of their activities activities  and called for a mature and  civilised way of going about the activities  inorder to avoid untimely  deaths  and ill-health which is ravaging the communities in the area.
The monarch who said urgent steps should be taken to ameliorate the sufflering of the  people,  appealed to the military and those engaging in illegal bunkering activities not to endanger the lives and liverlihood  of the  fisherfolk  as their source of  income and good living had been  jeopadised.
The Monarch also decried indecent dressing by youths  especially girls, the declining culture and tradition of the people  of Wakirike ethnic nationality  and the nonchalant  attitude  shown to the speaking of  mother tongue.
Earlier, the leader of the group, Mrs Gift Amangi Edmund  Kalio  thanked the Ogu monarch  for the warm  reception and also condemned  the activities  of illegal  bunkerers     indecent  dressing  and the, dwindling cultural  and traditional  values among others and appealed  for all  hands to be on deck to create a better society.

Collins Barasimeye