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A PAPER DELIVERED BY SENATOR EHIGIE UZAMERE AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF MIDWEST TEMPO MAGAZINE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018 IN BENIN, TITLED: “TIME TO RENEGOTIATE OUR CORPORATE EXISTENCE” PROTOCOLS. His Excellency, Governor Godwin Obaseki, management and staff of Midwest Tempo Magazine, ladies and gentlemen. I am indeed humbled by this invitation from Midwest Tempo Magazine to deliver a lecture. The topic couldn't have been more apt and more current. We are going through trying times, but I believe and trust in God, that we shall overcome. PREAMBLE Recent developments in our nation, ranging from sectarian clashes, episodic genocides perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen against the Tiv in Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State and similar massacres in some states in North Central and Northwest zones and across the Middle Belt, to the age long problem of the rigged structure of our federation, resulting particularly, in lopsided development and nepotistic appointments int

Cross Section of Ijaw Leaders PRESS RELEASE ISSUED AT THE END OF A CONSULTATIVE MEETING OF THE LEADERS OF THOUGHT OF THE IJAW NATIONALITY 1. Leaders of Thought of the Ijaw ethnic nation, held an Emergency Consultative Meeting at the country home of Elder statesman, Chief (Dr.) Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, OFR, CON, in Kiagbodo, Delta State. Amongst others, the Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Rt. Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson; the Deputy Governor of Delta State, His Excellency (Barr.) Deacon Kingsley Burutu Utuaro, former Governors, former Ministers, members of the National Assembly, President General, Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, Barr. Oweilaimi, Academics, Clergy and other Leaders were in attendance. 2. The Meeting discussed issues pertaining to current events in the country, the situation in the Niger Delta and matters pertaining to the wellbeing of the Ijaw people. 3. After exhaustive discussions, the Ijaw Leaders agreed as follows: i. Reaffirmed the collecti

KIAGBODO DECLARATION... 2019 ELECTION IS A REFERENDUM ON RESTRUCTURING- IJAW  LEADERS    HIGH POWERED COMMITTEE SET UP TO ADVANCE IJAW NATION'S STAND. Gov. Dickson flanked to the right by EK Clark and left by Deacon Otuaro Arising from a meeting of Ijaw Leaders  of Thought on Tuesday, prominent Ijaw leaders across the country have vowed to only support candidates and particularly presidential candidates who genuinely believe and support a restructured Nigeria. The meeting which held in the Country home of the foremost Ijaw Leader and elder statesman, Pa Edwin Clark in Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State took far reaching decisions.  The leaders urged President Muhammadu Buhari to show political will in ensuring that the country is restructured before the 2019 elections. They said they want a restructured country within the context of a corporate, united and peaceful Nigeria that guarantees equal right for all Nigerians adding that only res

     'All for True Federalism'... Ijaw Leaders converge in Kiagbodo Bayelsa Gov. Seriake Dickson, Deputy Gov. Delta State, Kingsley Otuaro, Pa. E.K. Clark and other Ijaw leaders meet in Kiagbodo today and Say that the 2019 election will be a referendum on restructuring. Dignitaries present at the high level consultative meeting of Niger Delta leaders include Alabo Graham Douglas, Broderick Bozimo, Prof Joe Ajienka, Nimi Briggs etc. At the end of the consultative meeting, a high powered committee was setup to articulate the stand of the Ijaw Nation. Details coming soon.

Restoration Government at Six: This is not a Footnote By Michael Afenfia Ijaw National Academy Kaiama The Inter-Ministerial/Agency Briefing organised by the Hon. Daniel Iworiso-Markson led Ministry of Information & Orientationstarted off at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre on Monday 22 nd January 2018 with a bang. The essence of the programme as enunciated by the Commissioner in his welcome remarks at the flag-off, and boldly printed on the backdrop at the venue, is to present the scorecard of the Restoration Government to Bayelsans and the media in the build-up to the 6 th year mark since coming into office. To say I was enthralled by the presentation of the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Hon. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo who led the charge on the first day of the programme, would be an understatement. It was not his clever and generous deployment of proverbs in the course of his presentation that got me; rather, it was the confidence he exu

DICKSON HAILS APC COMMITTEE ON RESTRUCTURING ...URGES IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE 2019 ELECTIONS ...CALLS ON FG TO CONSTITUTE MULTI PARTY COMMITTEE ON APC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED RESTRUCTURING. The Governor of Bayelsa State, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has commended the ruling All Progressive Congress APC, on its far reaching recommendations on the issue of the proposed restructuring of the country. Dickson said that the recommendations had further strengthened the agitations for true federalism and resource control in the Niger Delta. While calling on the APC to be sincere with the implementation of the recommendations, Dickson said restructuring Nigeria would calm frayed nerves and strengthen the nation’s unity. However, the Governor called on the leadership of the APC to ensure implementation of the recommendations of its committee on restructuring before the conduct of the 2019 General elections. According to him, implementing the report before

Private Jet Operated By Nest Oil Lost Control At Abuja Airport ....  skidded off the runway.... A private jet operated by Nest Oil earlier today, skidded off the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while landing. In the process it lost its landing gear in an attempt to return to the runway. This made the authorities to close the airport for about 30 minutes while clearing the Jet plane from its position . The Airport has since resumed lights in   and out of Abuja.

PDP RECONCILIATION: STAY AND REBUILD PDP, DICKSON TELLS AGGRIEVED ASPIRANTS.... The Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has appealed to aggrieved members of the People’s Democratic Party to stay in the party to rebuild and reposition it for electoral victory. Dickson called on the membership of the PDP to show more understanding, solidarity and a willingness to sacrifice for the general good of the party. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Francis Agbo, quoted Dickson as having made the comment while addressing aspirants of the last National Convention of the party held in December, 2017 at the Wadata Plaza Headquarters òf the party in Abuja on Thursday. He commended the aspirants for demonstrating a willingness to sacrifice their individual interest for the progress of the party. He explained that the meeting was designed to thank the membership of the PDP for clinging o

                                                                                               MEDICAL SOS: MY "LASSA FEVER" STORY ….. Incompetence And Negligence Are Nigerians Whatever hope I had for, and whatever faith I had in, this country, especially its healthcare system; died a few days ago.The height of negligence and incompetence I came face-to-face with, these few days, left me shattered, and lost for words. Not just was I supposedly exposed unduly to a deadly virus, I was left with the headache of trying to contain its spread-- a task that should have been the exclusive reserve of the ministry of health, through its public health department. And when I developed suggestive symptoms, I was refused treatment by a TEACHING HOSPITAL, and was left to fend for myself, even as I ran cross country, across the length and breadth of Nigeria, sick, exhausted, traumatized; and what more, possibly spreading the virus, as I travelled UNSUPERVISED! B