INC Crisis: Diri Inaugurates 6-Man Reconciliation Committee to Restore Unity
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has inaugurated a six-member reconciliation committee for the Ijaw National Congress as efforts intensify to address internal disputes and strengthen unity within the apex Ijaw socio-cultural body.
The inauguration ceremony, which held at Government House in Yenagoa, saw Governor Diri task the committee with reconciling aggrieved individuals and conflicting interests within the INC while restoring the vision and principles of the organisation’s founding fathers.
The governor further urged the committee to provide recommendations that would be fair, inclusive, and capable of deepening unity across the Ijaw nation rather than encouraging divisions.
His words: “The strength of the Ijaw Nation is not in the loudness of our disputes, but in our unity.”
PulseNets learnt that the six-member committee was drawn from the three senatorial zones of the Ijaw nation.
Representing the Eastern Zone are Dr. Goddy Damnabo and former Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Alabo Gabriel Tobi. From the Western Zone are former Minister of Police Affairs, Brodrick Bozimo, and former President of the INC, Chief J.B. Fumudor. Representing the Central Zone are former Director-General of the DSS, Matthew Seiyefa, and former Nigerian Ambassador, Boladei Igali.
PulseNets also learnt that former Administrator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, alongside former Commissioner for Ijaw National Affairs, Erasmus Patrick, will oversee the committee’s secretariat.
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Speaking on behalf of the committee, chairman Mr. Matthew Seiyefa thanked Governor Diri for the confidence reposed in them and assured that the committee would diligently deliver on its assignment.
Dignitaries present at the event included Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Dr. Peter Akpe, Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Nimbofa Ayawei, Acting Chief of Staff, Irorodamie Komonibo, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiowou Koku-Obiyai, as well as other senior government officials.
