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Board Appointments: Rivers West Coalition Protest Neglect



The Rivers West Development Coalition a socio political group in the state has protested the recent Board appointments made by the Federal Government recently.

The coalition which is made up of the Ijaw Justice Forum IJF and the Council Of Orashi Ethnic Nationalities COEN after an emergency meeting in Ahoada Rivers state said the appointments which excluded major contributors to the development of the All Progressives Congress APC in the state showed that the Federal Government was insensitive to the people of the region and the contributions made by the region to the country.

The communiqué of the coalition which was signed by Ibiye Tom Douglas for Ijaw Justice Forum IJF and Comrade Nwokoma Messiah for Coalition of Orashi Ethnic Nationalities COEN specifically decried the overlooking of the likes Sen. Wilson Asinobi Ake and Hon. Asita Asita a deputy governorship candidate of the APC in the 2015 election in the appointments made. The coalition while urging President Muhammadu Buhari to correct what it termed an oversight in neglecting the likes of Sen. Wilson Ake and Hon. Asita in the appointments said the region was behind them especially Sen. Ake who they considet as the leader in the zone and the All Progressives Congress APC in Rivets west senatorial zone. 

“Sen. Wilson Ake and Hon. Asita as far as we are concerned remain the leaders of the party in the senatorial zone. Any attempt to disparage their persons or neglect them in appointments into Federal boards and parastatals gives an erroneous impression that the senatorial zone does not matter to the country despite the huge contributios it has been making. We believe Mr. President does not intend to give us this impression and this is why we are calling on him as a father to ensure that the right thing is done by appointing persons like Sen. Ake, Hon. Asita and others who despite threat to their lives in the area, stood firm behind the party and the president” The statement added.

The statement also called on the leadership of the APC in Rivers state to allowall stakeholders to benefit

The Coalition also condemned the recent New Year massacre in Omoku which saw more than twenty people killed. The statement called on the Federal Government to ensure that security agents bring those involved in te killings to book. “ We call on the federal government and the security agencies to bring the culprits of this dastard act to book to at as deterrent to others especially considering the fact that we are moving to another year of electioneering campaigns” the statement added.

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