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30/10/2023

PRESS STATEMENT

Crisis shall not favour Rivers State - Semenitari

Former ag Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dame Ibim Semenitari, has condemned attempts by some political actors to plunge Rivers State into another round of violence which she described as "unnecessary and avoidable." While she noted that crisis at this or any other time would be of no benefit to the state, Semenitari called for an immediate stop to the crisis.

Semenitari, who noted that Rivers State had had too many political crises, said that at no time was Rivers State the ultimate beneficiary. "This state has had too many political crises and was at no time the ultimate winner. At each time, the economy and the people suffered. We cannot continue to whirl in this sad cesspool while other states move up the political and economic ladder", she added.

In condemning attempts on Monday to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Semenitari, who frowned at both the motive and its ex*****on, noted that it was outrageous that only six months into the the administration anyone would consider the impeachment of the governor. "This goes against the grain of all that is noble, Semenitari said. The Nigerian Constitution is clear on this fact which is that a sub-nation in the Nigerian Federation should have only one elected governor who shall serve a four-year tenure renewable, though, for another four. Why then does anyone want to render the outcome of the elections still born" the former NDDC Chief Executive Officer queried?

Dame Semenitari in the same vein condemned the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly, an arm of Government she noted was key to the running of the state. She noted that the independence and smooth running of the Legislative Arm, was pivotal to the stability of the state. "We must beware of elements whose sole interest is to cause mayhem in the Rivers State House of Assembly as this would only profit anti-democratic forces and leave the state starved of critical development. The state legislature must be allowed to fulfil their constitutional role of driving critical development in the state via sound and tested legislation. To attempt to use the state House of Assembly to sabotage an elected executive is destructive to good conscience and wellbeing of Rivers State", Semenitari who also served as the Rivers State Honourable Commissioner for Information and Communication, between 2009 and 2015, asserted.

Particularly concerned about the role of the security personnel Semenitari called on law enforcement agencies to decipher between loyalty to Nigerian taxpayers and political actors. "Our law enforcement agencies should always draw the line between loyalty to Nigerian taxpayers and political actors. It was bizzare to see Nigeria Police personnel let loose their water canon and teargas canisters on the Rivers State Governor. I condemn it in very clear terms."

Semenitari prayed for quick return of normalcy to government and legislative businesses, in the state, noting that it would be in the best interest of Rivers' citizens, residents, and business community.

Dame Ibim Semenitari
Former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC

Monday, October 30, 2023

13/06/2023

EMEKA ADINDU After about one month of achieving the feat of cooking 100 hors non-stop, Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, known also as Hilda Baci, has been confirmed as the new world record holder for the longest cooking marathon, the Guinness World Record (GWR) committee said Tuesday.

13/06/2023

Finally, finally....

Guiness World Records confirms Hilda Baci's record

After about nearly one month she achieved the feet, Guinness World Record, GWR, has finally confirmed Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, known on social media as Hilda Baci, the world record holder for the longest cooking marathon. Although in Miss Baci's time, she cooked about 104 hours non-stop on the cookathon, however, WGR said her total time was 93 hours and 11 minutes. The deductions from her original 100 hours, GWR explained, were because she over-rested by some minutes which totaled about 6 hours and 49 seconds.

12/06/2023

EMEKA ADINDU The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has promised to intervene “urgently” to restore the erosion-damaged Akinima-Joinkarama Road linking several communities in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.

12/06/2023

Democracy is taken for granted as the best form of government. At least the West told us so. We have also accepted it by default. We have tried multiple facets of democratic systems - parliamentary and presidential systems, two-party and multi-party systems - and some are arguing we have a bespoke d...

08/06/2023

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has observed with total dismay and strong condemnation-the unchecked unarmed civilian deaths and incessancy of unlawful arrests and arbitrary detentions by armed state actor security operatives in Anambra State. The dastard...

07/06/2023

UCHE UGBOAJAH What is likely to hit you at first encounter with Fred Onyeoziri is his personable nature. Yes, he was such a pleasant person – full of life; charming; calm; and always unassuming.

07/06/2023

Determined to contribute to Nigeria's economic development by way of offering platforms that bridge the gap between business and government, and create solutions to identified public policy problems, a think-tank group, Growth and Transformation Professionals (GTpro), is organising a Masterclass on....

05/06/2023

Last week I listened to or read the speech of at least a dozen newly elected governors, and I must confess they were full of hazard warning signs ahead. Citizens have only one option - brace up before going on a roller coaster ride at the sub-national level worse than they experienced in the last ei...

01/06/2023

The Governor of Abia State Dr. Alex Otti on Wednesday defied the downpour in Aba to supervise the clearing of heaps of refuse on the popular Asa Road.

01/06/2023

In a surprised turn of events, Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have advanced to the quarter-final of the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup, and that is for the first time in 12 years. The Nigerian Junior National Team shocked even themselves by defeating pre-match favourites and hosts, Argentina, 2-0, at the Es...

01/06/2023

On removal of fuel subsidy by then President Goodluck Jonathan....

"Government claims the subsidy removal will create jobs. This is misleading. The stronger truth is that it will destroy more jobs than it creates. For every job it creates in the capital intensive petroleum sector, it will terminate several jobs in the rest of the labor intensive economy."
- Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, January 11, 2012

31/05/2023

We have continued to carve rotten wood in Nigeria’s oil subsidy discourse and actions. As the Chinese noted, carving on rotten wood is impossible and will yield nothing.

30/05/2023

…served/serving police and military officers from Lt Cols/CSPs since 2015 are serial rights abusers/violatorsOnitsha, Eastern NigeriaTuesday, 30th May, 2023

30/05/2023

President Bola Tinubu has been urged to declare his assets and make whatever he shall declare public. Doing so would be for the sake of transparency, accountability, and sustainable democracy.

30/05/2023

EMMA OWHONDARights activist and campaigner for good governance, Comrade Celestine AkpoBari, has spoken of his expectations of the newly inaugurated Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara.

29/05/2023

Rainfall has overtaken Abuja, Nigeria's capital, and other states' capitals where the inauguration of the President-Elect and Governors-Elect are expected to hold. In Abuja, President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President-Elect, Kashim Shettima, are expected to be sworn into Office, with th...

29/05/2023

Nigerians will pause today for the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as President and Vice President of the country, respectively. It will mark the end of one era, the Buhari-Osinbajo era, and the beginning of a new era.