The PDP defectors were received by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and leader of APC in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva.
Sylva, while receiving Comrade Eradiri described his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into the APC as a positive sign of better and stronger things to come in the state during future elections.
Comrade Eradiri, who is currently a Special Adviser on Youths Matters to the sole administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Akwa Effiong has been an active youths mobilizer in the state and the Niger Delta region over the years.
After handing a symbolic broom of the APC to the defector, Sylva urged him to participate in the ongoing party membership revalidation/registration exercise in the state.
Ijaw youths suspend planned siege on NDDC headquarters
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By Samuel Oyadongha
YENAGOA Ijaw youths under the aegis of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide on Sunday announced the suspension of the planned “mother of all protest” at the headquarters of NDDC in Port Harcourt to allow the Sole Administrator superintend over the conclusion of the forensic audit of the commission.
They, however, warned that the appointment of their kinsman, Engr Udengs Eradiri, a former President of the IYC as Special Adviser on Youth Matters to the Sole Administrator should not be taken as a means to silence their agitation for a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Lawmaker empowers 200 constituents with animal feeds in Sokoto Lawmaker empowers 200 constituents with animal feeds in Sokoto
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A member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Honourable Buhari Haliru (PDP-Sokoto North I), on Thursday empowered no fewer than 200 constituents with animals feeding materials to become self-reliance.
Haliru, while flagging-up the distribution at his constituency office, said that the aim is to engage the beneficiaries into small businesses in order to support their living standard.
“We are confident that with the small we give out to our people, if properly managed in a very short period of time it will expand to a business which is going to accommodate more beneficiaries.