NDBDA Boss Tasks Youths On Peace

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA), Engr. Mark Daso Derefaka has called on youths in the Niger Delta region to shun acts that dent the image of the region.
Derefaka who said this during a courtesy call by the Elders Council of the Eastern Zone of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) in his office said some activities of youth in the region were not only giving the region a bad name, but endangering the lives of people.
He particularly condemned sea piracy which he said endangered the lives of most people travelling on water ways in the region as well as illegal oil bunkering which pollutes the Niger Delta environment.
He stressed the need for youths to engage in legitimate activities as the region is rich in agriculture.
“Our parents were using fishing to train us, but today our people are no longer fishing. Oil has devastated our lands,” he said.
Derefaka said most countries today are doing away with oil and developing agriculture and stressed the need for youth in the region to be involved in agriculture as the era of white collar job is gone.
He also told the IYC to prevail on the youths to desist from disturbing contractors carrying out the Establishment’s project in their communities.
Earlier, the chairman, IYC Elders Council, Comrade Fiyasiri Eweleye said the visit was to show solidarity to the new NDBDA General Manager.
He said youths in the region need employment to keep them away from the streets.