Niger Delta
NURTW Hails Diri On Bus Terminal

The National union of road transport workers(NURTW), Bayelsa state chapter has lauded the Bayelsa state government on the Construction of the new state owned ultra modern bus terminal at Igbogene Communitiy in the Yenagoa Council area of the state.
The state NURTW chairman, Comrade Dinyoerinyu Eminah gave the Commendations while speaking with Journalists on the sideline of the Union’s relationship with the government in Yenagoa, the state capital.
Eminah stated that though the project from its conceptualization to its actualization was good, the alleged plans by the government to ban tricycles, popularly called keke in parts of the state capital was a worrisome idea.
He noted that though the government through the ministry of transportation have not officially informed his union of the alleged plans, indications were high that there may be such thinking on the side of government as information reaching him from the NURTW sources confirmed that the state government has already procured an unspecified number of taxis to that effect.
The transport union chief who also lamented the growing spate of tricycle related crime and criminality in the state reaffirmed his resolve to continue partnering government and security formations to curb the menace.
He stressed, however that his union and the state’s ministry of transport in the few past years have not had an harmonious working relationship, hence there have not also been enough efforts at terminating tricycle related crime and criminalities in the Yenagoa metropolis and its adjoining suburbs.
“The ultra modern bus terminal at Igbogene is a very good project. I again want to thank the miracle Governor of the state, Senator Douye Diri for this project.But the insinuations that after the completion of that project that there would be ban on tricycle (keke) is what we’re not comfortable with as a union. We want to advise the government to have a rethink on that plan, if at all it’s true as we’ve heard.
“For us as a union, truth be told, since the inception of the governor Douye Diri’s administration, the ministry of transport have not consulted us as stakeholders in the transportation subsector of the state and nation’s economy.
“In the area of tricycle related crime and criminality, we want to let the world know that not all the keke operating in the state that are members of the NURTW. We’ve three major transportation unions in the state and there’re some tricycles (keke) that don’t even belong to any of these unions, so for us as a union, we’ve not recorded any crime and criminality perpetrated by our union tricycle (keke).
“Even as we frown at the trend of keke related crime and criminality, we also wish to say that as a union, we’ve not had a smooth working relationship with the present management of the state transport ministry”, the NURTW chairman said.
By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa
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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