Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has reiterated Senate’s determination to ensuring peace in the oil-producing communities of the country.
Akpabio stated this Wednesday when he received Mene (Dr) Suanu Timothy Yormaadam Baridam Gbenemene, Kasimene Bangha VII of Ogoniland and the acting President of the Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers in Rivers State, in his office.
A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, said Akpabio has restated the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to the “completion of the East-West Road.”
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“I want to congratulate you and your people on the peace in the Niger Delta Region today. The Niger Delta Region is very peaceful today because of the efforts and sacrifices of the people like you.
“The Ogoni people have sacrificed a lot for the peace, progress and development of this country and may the souls of those who paid the supreme price for this to happen, rest in peace!” Akpabio noted.
He stated further that ‘‘the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration is committed to the completion of the East-West road during his tenure as the President, and the 10th Senate and the National Assembly is ready to do everything within its powers to support the completion of the road.”
Earlier, the Ogoni monarch had commended the Senate President for his roles in the construction of the East West Road, when he was the Niger Delta Minister, saying, “let me sincerely thank you for agreeing to see me at a very short notice. It also shows the respect you have for the institution and your Ogoni people.”
According to him, “I specifically thank you for the works you have done on the East West Road. I remember very well that it was from that meeting we had severally with you, that resulted into what the Minister of Works is doing today. I want to sincerely thank you for the love you have for us, as a people, of course, you always say that you are part and parcel of Ogoni.”
He thanked the Senate President for recognizing one of his sons in the constitution of Senate Committees, saying, “I specifically thank you for appointing our son as the Senate Committee Chairman on Works. It is a good thing what you have done for us and we sincerely appreciate it and won’t take it for granted.
“Let me use this opportunity to formally request from you for a date that you would be publicly appreciated and celebrated by the Ogoni people for all what you have done for us as a people,” he declared.
