RURAL PEOPLES ASSEMBLY

*BIRTHDAY FELICITATIONS FROM COMMUNITY CENTER INTERNATIONAL (C.C.I.) TO HRM. KING BUBARAYE DAKOLO, CHAIRMAN BAYELSA STATE COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL RULERS* Bayelsa State Chairman of Community Centre International (CCI) Apostle Timiebi Kiyaramo, on behalf of the state and local government executive has felicitated with the Chairman of Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers, HRM King Bubaraye Dakolo on his birthday, describing the revered monarch as a strategic and critical thinker. In a statement issued in Yenagoa, signed by the state chairman and secretary, Apostle Kiyaramo noted that King Dakolo within his short period in office as Chairman of the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers has demonstrated the fact that true and effective leadership comes from the accumulation of skills most of which developed through experience and training uniquely influenced by his personality and background as soldier, environmental activist and scholar.  Apostle Kiyaramo wished HRM King Bubaraye Dako...

PRESS RELEASE The State Executive and Local Government Chairmen of Community Centre International (CCI), paid a courtesy Call on the Chairman, Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRM. King Bubaraye Dakolo, at his office, today 13th of July, 2022 to congratulate him on his emergence as the Chairman of the Council and to crave his indulgence to support their Aims and Objectives as an organisation. In a brief presentation by the Bayelsa State Chairman of CCI, Apostle Kiyaramo Timiebi, he said the organisation has two main objectives, which is;  1. To promote Human Capacity building and Empowerment 2. To promote Good Governance and Community Development. He added that Traditional Rulers are the fathers of the community and no well meaning organisation can thrive without identifying with the host community leaders. That is why he has led the delegation to visit the number traditional ruler of the Bayelsa State domains. Also commenting on the ocassion, Prof. Prosper ...

NGOs BERATES NYSC, NIGERIA POLICE FOR HIDING AWAY CORPS MEMBER WHO DEFILE PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPIL AT HIS PLACE OF PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT INA ASAMABIRI COMMUNITY IN SAGBAMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF BAYELSA STATE - CALLS FOR SACK OF STATE COORDINATOR MRS OJUGO ELIZABETH IYOWUNA  A group of organisations including the Niger Delta Congress - Bayelsa State chapter, Rural Peoples' Assembly (RPA), IzonFest Development Foundation (IDF) and Tuebi Sapere-Obi Foundation (TSF) have called for justice for 12 years old Miss Esther a victim of defilement, and condemned the attitude of the Nigeria Police Force and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) over the lackadaisical attitude in handling such sensitive criminal cases such as defilement, and for attempting to sweep such a case involving a corps member Mr. Ogbe Jonathan serving at the Primary School in Asamabiri community and 12 years old Esther, a pupil of the primary school, under the rug. The incident which was reported to the Nigeria Police...

The Niger Delta Congress has sponsored the filing of a suit at the Fed. High Court vacation court sitting in Port Harcourt against SPDC, Standard Chartered Bank and AGF, on behalf of pollution impacted communities of the Niger Delta region, to call for a blueprint on the proposed clean-up, remediation and rehabilitation of the communities affected by the impacts of negative oil exploration and exploitation practices by the multinational oil major over the years, with respect to the perceived intention by the company to sell-off its interests in its onshore and shallow water assets in these communities in the planned divestment announced few months ago. The socio-political organisation which champions the course of a virile autonomous Niger Delta with economic and political autonomy speaks on behalf of the Niger Delta people and communities to demand that SPDC should take steps to assure the communities and its people about what template and timeline it has come up with in ensuring that...

The Bayelsa State Ministry of Culture and Tourism through the office of the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism is set to partner with the Izon Peace Festival project to deliver a remarkable celebration of World Tourism Day 2021 via a collaboration that would see both organizations holding a common brief of festivities to mark the global tourism event.  The organization during a courtesy call to the Ministry saw the secretary of the planning committee, Barr. Aniso, O. Abraham and his counter parts appraise the Commissioner, Permanent Secretary and DG tourism on their plans for the Ijaw Nation through the peace festival and what the future it holds in the attaining of global recognition as an autonomous nation with its own unique civilization of arts, sports and creativity.  Responding to the proposal, the Honourable Commissioner, Hon. Iti Orugbani lauded the Organizations Novel presentation and promised to create the necessary enabling environment for the event to...

NIGER DELTA CONGRESS CALLS FOR A STAKEHOLDERS MEETING OF ALL ETHNIC NATIONALITIES OF THE NIGER DELTA  Our Ref: NDC/PS/007/2021 Wednesday 21st April, 2021 The Niger Delta Congress has taken note of a disturbing trend of happenings in and around the country which has so far gone unchecked, despite several warnings from the NDC. These can be said to be existential threats to the region and the people of the Niger Delta and we do not intend to fold our arms and do nothing about these developments.    On the 8th of February 2021, the NDC issued a statement warning the presidency against appointing another Northerner as IGP of police, after very reliable intelligence reports suggested that the President had finalized moves to retire a Niger Delta son, Moses Jitoboh in order to make way for another Northerner to take over as I.G of the Nigeria Police Force. In confirmation of our suspicion, on the 6th of April 2021, President Buhari appointed Usman Alkali, another Northerner, as...

How PACON was used to deceive Bayelsans and the attempt to Blackmail the Liberation Movement in Bayelsa State ...... State Chairman (Interview) In an interview session granted to our correspondence in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State over the weekend, the State Chairman Barr. Aniso O. Abraham of Liberation Movement in Bayelsa State has made shocking Revelations about how PACON, a registered non-governmental organization operating in Bayelsa State, as a civil society organization had deceived Bayelsans and Ijaw people into believing they meant well for the State, while pretentiously deceiving the public and currying favours through blackmail and extortion, which now appears to be the business of the trustees of the organization. According to him, the said Trustees led by the Arch Convener Barr. Aluzu Ebikebuna even dared to test their deceit, blackmail and extortion on him, but he said he was no fool, so he didn't fall for it, because he could smell their bullshit from miles away, and stoppe...