Gov Diri Tasks Ijaw Leaders On Justice, Equity *Advocates Devolution Of Power
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the Ijaw nation leaders to relentlessly speak out on issues of injustice and under-development confronting the ethnic nationality until they are addressed.
Senator Diri stated this on Saturday at the All Ijaw Summit with the theme, "The Nigerian State and the Ijaw Question" in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The summit was organised by the Ijaw National Congress (INC).
While commending the INC leadership for convening the summit, the governor maintained that the Ijaw people would continue to oppose the the three per cent allotted to the host communities in the Petroleum Industry Act until justice was done.
In a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, the governor said: "The Niger Delta people...