The Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State has said that state creation is the one resolution to deal with their grievances of neglect and marginalisation and a key situation for the resumption of oil actions within the space.They’ve known as on the federal authorities to expedite the creation of “Ogoni State,” with the capital in Bori city.
Round 20 communities within the Gokana Native Authorities Space (LGA) made the decision throughout a city corridor assembly held within the council on the weekend.
The communities that participated within the peaceable assembly, supervised by Co-chairman of the Ogoni Dialogue Committee, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, and different members like Tom Orage and Ledum Mitee, embrace Barakor, Bera, Biara, Bodo, Boghor, Bomu, B-Dere, Deeyor, Dekaen, Gbe, Giokoo, Goi, Ok-Dere, Koh, Kpor, Leewe, Mogho, Nwebiara, Nweol, and Yeegeh.
The individuals known as for the implementation of the Ogoni Invoice of Rights, which incorporates political autonomy, management over Ogoni financial sources, sufficient illustration in Nigerian establishments, safety of the Ogoni surroundings, and the event of Ogoni tradition and language.
In addition they demanded self-determination for the Ogoni individuals, citing extreme exploitation and environmental degradation brought on primarily by oil corporations working of their space.
Kattey stated the city corridor assembly is a crucial a part of a collection of grassroots consultations the committee has deliberate.
He stated, “We’re right here to make sure that the voices of the individuals of Gokana, and all of Ogoni, resonate loudly and clearly within the ongoing dialogue with our federal authorities. Your insights, experiences, and aspirations are very important to shaping our collective future.
“Exactly two weeks in the past, we gathered on the Peace and Freedom Centre in Bori for an Ogoni Nationwide Congress.
Throughout that vital occasion, we briefed the Ogoni individuals concerning the current assembly between the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and our Ogoni delegation on the Presidential Villa. The outcomes of that assembly with the President have been outstanding, significantly the federal government’s fast dedication to implement a number of the confidence-building measures requested by our delegation, together with the signing into legislation the invoice establishing the Federal College of Setting and Know-how in Saakpenwa.”
Kattey lauded President Bola Tinubu, Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, Rivers State Governor, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, and different stakeholders for initiating the continued dialogue with the Ogoni individuals.
He urged all represented communities to submit onerous copies of their written memoranda to the committee, stressing that their documented ideas, considerations, and suggestions are important.
In his response, the paramount ruler of Gokana, King Festus Babari Bagia, described the dialogue course of as a big milestone of their quest for justice and fairness in Ogoniland.
The monarch urged Ogoni indigenes to keep away from violence or any motion that may jeopardize their efforts towards reaching their goals.
