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Nationwide protest :No Protest in Ijaw Land’ IYC, INC Declares.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobri on wednesday led a high powered delegation of political leaders from the state to Yenagoa for a consultative interactions with stakeholders not to participate in the planned nationwide protests against President Bola Tinubu administration.
The meeting, which led him to the State Government House for a meeting with Gov. Douye Diri, the State Traditional Rulers Council and the Ijaw House for an interactive session with Youths and leaders under the umbrella of the Ijaw Youths Council and the Ijaw National Congress (INC).
The interactions and engagement was however successful as the Youths and the Elders through the President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Professor Benjamin Okaba declared that there would be no protest on any of the Ijaw Land.
At the Ijaw house, which is the secretariat of the Ijaw Youths Council(IYC) and the Ijaw National Congressional (INC), Senator Lokpobiri urged the youths not to be deceived by some faceless agents to protest against President Bola Tinubu.
He pointed out that the youths should not allow these faceless agents to set negative agenda for the region rather the region should be at the forefront of setting development agenda for other regions and the Federal Government.
Lokpobiri urged the youths to be patient with President Bola Tinubu because he is a listening President,” one salient issue raised by those planning these protest is that there hardship. And this is acknowledged by President Tinubu.it is not however peculiar to Nigeria. Every countries of the world are battling with Global inflation.”
“Don’t let anyone let agenda for you because they did not consult us when they were drawing the demands for the protest. And from their list of demands,they did not include any one of our peculiar problems.”
