Niger Delta
IYC Decries Insecurity In Bayelsa, Demands Security Summit

The Ijaw Youth Council yesterday expressed concern over what it described as the rising incidents of kidnapping, killing and other violent crimes in Bayelsa State.
The council stated that it was disturbing that cases of abductions and other violent crimes were surging in the state despite the huge support given to the security agencies by the administration of Governor Douye Diri.
The national spokesman for the IYC, Ebilade Ekerefe, who stated this during a press conference in Yenagoa, yesteerday, recalled that the state government had in December 2021 strengthened the Operation Doo Akpo with 50 brand new operational vehicles, 40 motorbikes and other security gadgets to fight crime and criminality in the state.
He also noted that the administration had earlier in June 2021 donated 14 operational vehicles to the security agencies to support the improvement of the security situation in the state.
Ekerefe said the security organisations had been trying their best to secure Bayelsa but they were not doing enough to protect lives and property, adding that apart from the patrol vans and security gadgets, the state government had been assisting them financially.
According to him, the heightened challenge of insecurity was also traceable to the porous borders of the state which, he said, were not adequately policed against the perpetrators of crimes.
He said, “As Ijaw Youth Council, we find it difficult to believe that the security agencies are not doing their job effectively. People come here (Bayelsa) and kidnap people with impunity. Nobody has been arrested or made to pay for the crimes they have committed. So, the criminals are emboldened to perpetrate these crimes.
“The Bayelsa State Governor as a matter of policy has governed the state in a way that accommodates every shades of opinion and political interests, including encouraging the private sector for businesses to thrive in the state.
“Today, it is quite unfortunate that despite the logistics support being provided by the governor and government of Bayelsa State, those who are saddled with the responsibility of policing our communities and environment are not taking their job seriously.
“This is not to say that there are no security agents that are doing their best, but we believe that their best is not good enough. The question we are asking is, despite the huge resources approved for security agencies in the state by the governor of the state, available evidence suggests that the morale of the rank and file is very low.”
The IYC called on the state government to convene a security summit to holistically address the security problems plaguing the state by all relevant stakeholders.
It also pointed out that the security of lives and property could not be left for the government and security agencies alone, stressing that all stakeholders, including traditional rulers, community development committees and youths, among others, have a role to play in the security of the society.
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.
Kiadum Edookor
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