Niger Delta
Bayelsa To Phase Out Okada Soon
The Bayelsa Government said it would soon phase out the operation of commercial motorcyclists within the state capital, Yenagoa.
The Commissioner for Environment, Dr Sylvanus Abila said in Yenagoa on Monday during a lecture at the 2012 Area B Conference of the Junior Chamber International (JCI), that the state government was reviewing its transport policy and considers the operation of commercial motorcyclists dangerous to human lives.
Abila, who delivered a lecture, entitled: “Securing Nigeria for the Future: The Role of the Youths’’, said that the youths had a responsibility to participate in governance in the task of building a better nation.
He said that the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure had commenced the expansion of some of the existing roads as well as the construction of new ones to enhance internal transport system.
According to him, the administration of Gov. Seriake Dickson plans to procure commercial buses and taxis to operate designated routes when the roads are ready.
Abila said that the Nigerians youths must stand up and challenge governments at all levels to fight corruption and poor leadership for a better future.
The commissioner, who was a former Law lecturer at the State-owned Niger Delta University, advocated for free and compulsory education at all levels.
He said that the huge resource at the disposal of the Federal Government was sufficient to guarantee free education that would ensure quality education to all Nigerian youths.
Abila said that the governor’s vision was for a massive investment in the education sector to encourage the younger generation.
Speaking in the same vein, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Civil Society, Mr Tony Ileh said that youths in the state were being mobilised to be part of governance.
He challenged the JCI members to join in the vanguard to demand for accountability and development of key sectors of the nation’s economy.
Earlier, the National President of JCI Nigeria, Mr David Eka Jnr, said that the JCI had been involved in various capacity building training to build a future for youths in Nigeria.
He said that the movement had been working with government agencies and corporate bodies in organising entrepreneurship workshop for the youths.
In his welcome address, the President of JCI, Yenagoa, Mr Lawrence Berezi, called on interested youths in the state to come out and identify with the organisation.
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