“As indicated in my New year message of goodwill which was published as an Op-Ed piece on January 1 by the Guardian, I expected this year to provide the opportunity for comprehensive peace in the Niger Delta and a new lease of life for new growth in the regio and much progress around Nigeria.

According to Enewaridideke, “It is relevant in dramatizing the promptness of First Marine and Engineering Services Limited in the discharge of its corporate responsibility as a company operating in the Niger Delta just as it is very prompt in sending relief materials to the devastated Gbaramatu communities in Warri south-west council.”

Ake, who spoke in Port Harcourt, said the party was intact, adding that it was not true that the party was factionalized between loyalists of the former governor, Dr Peter Odili and the present governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi.

It is a landmark survey that covers social, economic, political, ecological, and security issues in the region. It aims to address the information gap on the Niger Delta by providing robust statistical data on the views and opinions of the region’s inhabitants with respect to the pressing issues that affect their daily lives.

In a statement made available to Vanguard yesterday, NAIS, congratulated Mr. G. Akperi on his appointment and charged him to defend and uphold the interest of Itsekiri in the commission by attracting massive infrastructural development to Iwere land, just as they further urged him to “steer clear of mediocrity to avoid jeopardising the aim of his appointment.”