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RSG Urges Youths To Build Strong Progressive Relationship With Govt  

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Rivers State Commissioner for Youth Development, Dr Chisom Kenneth Gbali, has charged the leadership of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Akuku-Toru Chapter, to ensure that they work closely with the State Government in order to  build a strong  progressive and effective unit in the State.
Dr Gbali gave the charge when the President and executive members of NYCN, Akuku-Toru Chapter, Led by Comrade Jephter Iyalla Williams, paid him a courtesy visit in his office, recently.
The Commissioner  explained that the visit was apt and  disclosed that the  State Ministry of Youth Development is working  with the Executive Governor of the State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, to change the negative narrative of the state.
He said  the Ministry has chronicled programmes and activities on how to accommodate and empower Rivers Youths to enable them become self reliant to compete favourably like their oeers across the globe.
He stated that the visit by NYCN, Akuku-Toru Chapter to the Ministry has unveiled a falsehood held in the state that Akuku-Toru Local Government Council is not in support of the present administration led by  Gôvernor Fubara.
The Commissioner noted that any responsive and responsible  progressive minded youth in the state now, should be able to identify where he belongs, unless he is comfortable with being in the docdrum or confined, not being allowed to scout and venture into personal  endowment.
“The world is a spectrum and we all have that space to go for our destiny, because it is not in any bodies hand to decide who and where you are supposed to be placed, hence the world is an endless video that whatever you want, you can achieve.
“The limit of our realization of tomorrow is in our doubt of today, and nobody should stop us or limit us from what we want to be. The administration of His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, is opening the spectrum that whatever we want, we can achieve”, he stated.
Gbali  used the opportunity to congratulated the President of NYCN, Akuku-Toru Chapter, Comrade Williams, for being the first to commend and congratulate a mother, Mrs . Kejeh Chinedu, who has mentored and served Rivers youths for more than 30 years.
He noted that due to her commitment to human development, she is the Permanent Secretary,  Ministry of Youth Development, “and being in the same wave length to rewrite the narrative, God Almighty will help us to take the affairs of Rivers youths to the next level”.
The Commissioner, therefore, advised the Chapter NYCN President, to organize the youths of Akuku-Toru Local Government to enable the Ministry sensitize and educate them on the development mantra of His Excellency Sir Siminalayi Fubara in the state.
Earlier, Comrade Williams commended the Commissioner for the audience granted them despite his busy schedule.
Williams stated that after due consultation in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, they deemed it necessary to pay the Honourable Commissioner a courtesy visit, and the Ministry for standing by the administration of Sir Siminalayi Fubara, saying  it was remarkable and examplary to the youths in Rivers State and the nation at large to always stand for justice.
The President, who disclosed that the visit was to intimate the Commissioner on how they, as NYCN, have been denied their previledges and opportunities by the local Government Chairman for political reasons.
Highlights of the visit was the presentation of Commendation letter letter to the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Ruhuoma Kejeh Chinedu, by the NYCN Chapter President.
Akujobi Amadi
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Tai Agric Sector Gets Emergency Attention …As Chairman Distributes Farm Inputs, Inaugurates Technical Team

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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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Moremonee Appointment Rivers Man As Brand Rep 

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One of Nigeria’s leading financial service provider, Moremonee M&M MFB, has appointed a Rivers State man and renowned  content creator, Mr.  Eche Ndubuisi,  as one its brand representatives in the state.
Ndubuisi said he was appointed based on his track records and achievements in marketing strategies, which has made him a celebrity in the content creation through the new media industry.
Speaking to journalists shortly after his endorsement by the company, Mr Ndubuisi said he was committed to marketing the company by bringing his wealth of experience to sell the bank to the world.
He thanked the company for the opportunity and assured that he will justified the confidence reposed on him
 MoreMonee Bank was established in 2008, securing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) licence in July.
According to an official of the bank, who spoke anonymously, the Bank migrated as a Limited liability in October 2023, marking the start of a new era for the financial service provider.
He said with a bold vision to become Africa’s generational bank, MoreMonee aims to tackle poverty across the continent by offering accessible financial services that empower business owners and foster job creation.
The company, he continued, is committed to driving growth through innovative products, seamless transactions, and strategic technological integration.
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Group Faults Shell In Ogale, Bille Environmental Pollution 

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Fridays for Future Nigeria (FFFN), an environmental protection group, has faulted the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) for the environmental pollution in Ogale and Bille communities in Rivers State.
This is contained in a statement by the National Coordinator and Country Representative, FFFN, Mr. Kingsley Odogwu.
Odogwu, who in strong terms condemned Shell’s disregard for human and environmental rights in the region, said, ”The people of the Niger Delta, including Ogale and Bille communities, have an inherent right to a clean and healthy environment, a right that Shell has systematically violated”, he said.
The Ogale and Bille communities in oil rich Nigeria’s Niger Delta are experiencing ongoing and significant environmental pollution, primarily from oil spills.
Residents have claimed severe contamination of their water supply, farmlands, and waterways, preventing them from fishing and farming due to the chronic oil pollution.
This issue is currently the subject of ongoing legal action against Shell in the UK courts by members of these communities.
The FFFN National Coordinator urged the Nigerian government and the international community to support the Ogale and Bille communities in their quest for justice and to hold Shell accountable for its environmental destruction.
He lamented the decades of environmental degradation due to oil spills, gas flaring, and other harmful practices by Shell and other oil companies in the region.
According to him, the ecosystem of the affected communities has been severely damaged, and the health and livelihoods of its inhabitants compromised.
”The affected communities demand that Shell fulfill its legal obligations by cleaning up the pollution to international standards and providing adequate compensation.
”The FFFN stands in solidarity with the Ogale and Bille communities in their pursuit of justice against Shell Petroleum for its egregious environmental destruction in the Niger Delta”, he said.
He called on all citizens of the country to support the move for the actualisation of justice for all the communities and other victims of ecosystem pollution in Nigeria.
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