‘Ikwerre leaders must work with other ethnic groups’
The Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation, Worldwide has been advised to work with other ethnic groups in Rivers State to ensure social and economic harmony and thus quicken the pace of development.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, one of the leading lights of the group, gave the advice in a keynote address during the 211th Convention of Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation, at Rumuche in Emohua Local Government Area on Sunday. He stressed the importance of inter-ethnic cooperation in driving the development process.
The governor assured that his administration would ensure that all local government areas in the state benefited from development projects. He said that the road projects pledged for the four Ikwerre speaking Local Government Areas would be completed in one year.
He said further: “Let us work together to develop Rivers State. Working together with other ethnic groups, we will move the state forward.
“As leaders of the Ikwerre Nationality, we must contribute meaningfully to the development of our communities by enhancing peace and unity”.
He stated that the success of the Amnesty Programme in Ikwerre and Emohua had led to relative peace in the two local government areas.
The governor charged the Ogbakor Ikwerre leadership to work with other stakeholders to ensure that people participated in the forthcoming national census.
In his address, outgoing President General of Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation Worldwide, Prof Augustine Onyeozu commended Governor Wike for identifying with the Ikwerre cause at all times.
He noted that Governor Wike was responsible for most of the successes recorded by the organisation in the promotion of Ikwerre ethnic nationality.
The 211th Convention of Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation Worldwide attracted Ikwerre leaders from across the globe to Rumuche in Emohua Local Government Area.
