Firm To  Launch ‘Unity App’ In PH 

A media organisation, Niger Delta Reporter Newspaper, has said plans are under way to launch its “Unity APP” in Port Harcourt in March.
The Publisher and Chief Executive of the outfit,  Mr Felix Tolorunju  Idowu, who made this known in a statement to Newsmen in Port Harcourt recently, siad the App would be  a “one-stop technological platform that presents the rich cultural and historic socio-economic potentials of the Niger Delta Region comprising Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, Rivers, Ondo, and Imo States”.
The statement assured that the App would be user friendly with rich content that covers politics and governance, corporate organizations, Governors of Niger Delta scorecards, NDDC and all spheres of life in the Niger Delta. It also hinted that a “Delta Carnival” will be organized.
“The Delta Carnival is a socio-cultural tourism event designed to unify and showcase the beauty of the entire region, to inspire a new generation of change agents, and to entrench the culture of peaceful coexistence for the sustainable development of the region that is presently contributing the most to Nigeria’s economy”, it stated.
The Tide learnt that  the platform would also be used to draw the attention of the government to the region’s challenges which, as noted by the outfit, have transmuted beyond oil spillage and environmental pollutions to the loss of jobs and livelihood of the people of the region.
According to the statement, the app will also accord users access to socio-economic developments going on in the nine states that make up the Niger Delta region.
“It’s our utmost belief that the Unity App and the Carnival will open another vista of economic activities for the region, as we will be networking with countries that have distinguished themselves in carnival affairs.
“This Carnival will open the Niger Delta region to the great continents of the world, as we will use it to let investors know that our region is now a safe haven for investors against the backdrop of negative local and International press portraying the region in bad light”, it said.
The statement continued that the orgainisation was consulting with the nine states that constitute the region so that they can be fully involved in the Carnival and the Niger Delta Unity App initiatives.
“We have secured strong synergy with NDDC and Presidential Amnesty Program, Agencies and other Stakeholders in the Region”, it added.
Idowu also hinted in the statement that Rivers State, which has been chosen, will serve as a host and hub of the entire region, which includes its   foreign delegates, who will also have access to the platform.

By: King Onunwor