Provides accommodation for forum’s headquarters Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has urged Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) not to dabble in partisan politics but remain focused on protecting collective interest of the Niger Delta region. Diri gave the advice when the PANDEF executive, led by its Chairman, Emmanuel Ibok-Essien, paid him a visit in Government […]
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…Urge Them To Be Vocal On Restructuring, Urban Renewal
Bayelsa State Government has called on its founding fathers and elders to be more vociferous in their support of the struggle for restructuring of the country and passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
Governor Douye Diri, who made the call on Monday during the quarterly meeting of the Bayelsa Elders Council, also urged them to support his administration’s ongoing urban renewal program to give Yenagoa, the state capital, a befitting look.
Declaring the meeting open at the Niger Delta Wetlands Centre in Yenagoa, the Governor restated the state government’s preparedness to identify with any worthy cause aimed at addressing the injustice and imbalances in the body politic of Nigeria.
The South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has expressed shock and sadness over the demise of the chairman of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (rtd) on Christmas day.
In a statement, yesterday, Clark, said, “In one of the most painful moments of my public life, l was woken on Christmas morning, 25th December, 2020, to the shocking news of the death of the National Chairman of our flagship, regional organization, Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (rtd) at the age of 68 years.
“The news has been devastating to me personally, and we, the entire people of the South-South geopolitical zone. Coming just months after our Deputy National Chairman, late Chief Francis Doukpola died under similar circumstances, in June this year.