November 25, (THEWILL) – The folks of Rivers State are not any strangers to political disaster and violence. At no time have they loved actual peace and progress because the present dispensation. There’s all the time one problem or one other to fret about. For a state that’s thought-about to be the official money cow of Nigeria, a significant producer of the nation’s oil wealth, that is an unfair burden to bear.
The state capital, Port Harcourt, which was as soon as often known as the Backyard Metropolis, an emblem of city excellence, has since misplaced its lustre and serene environment, two qualities that used to draw guests from different components of the nation and encourage them to undertake the town as their house.
The explanation for this isn’t far-fetched. Town’s gradual decline is because of a mixture of things, chief amongst which is an appalling lack of give attention to the a part of these on the helm of the state up to now few years or so.
Every time Rivers is entangled in an internet of disaster, there’s lack of focus on the political opinions. Governance merely shuts down and the persons are left to their very own gadgets. Ultimately, the folks endure, significantly the poor and fewer privileged.
For nearly one yr now because the inauguration of the Siminalayi Fubara Administration, it appears as if governance is on a pressured recess, clearly foreshadowed by the continued political disaster within the state which isn’t serving to issues in any approach.
Governor Fubara has an obligation to carry out, which is primarily geared in the direction of guiding Rivers and its folks on the trail of peace and progress. That is his mandate. If the forces against his authorities proceed to wage battle in opposition to him and forestall the state from progressing additional, it might result in some undesirable penalties. Anarchy is certainly one of them.
Peace is crucial for the federal government to realize outcomes. There can’t be significant progress within the absence of peace. The folks of Rivers State, like their compatriots in different components of the nation, need peace. It’s their basic human proper and it should be revered by all.
Already beneath strain from the worsening insecurity and the prevailing hardship within the nation, the folks deserve a break from the seemingly infinite cycle of disruptive conflicts that always go away them on the receiving finish.
It’s excessive time the principle actors within the ongoing disaster within the state realised that the extraordinary persons are those who bear the brunt in virtually all conditions. For that reason, we attraction to the warring teams to contemplate giving peace an opportunity.
The long-suffering lots deserve a break, little doubt and the fulfilment of their wants should be handled as prime precedence.
