Threat from Orashi Assembly to Relocate to Rivers State Government House Suffers Setback

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Attempts of Orashi Assembly to effect threat of mobilizing Orashi people to relocate to government house, Rivers State, suffered a setback. This is as officers of the Nigerian Police halted their march yesterday, just at the UTC junction of Aba Road. 


The protesters had converged on Isaac Boro Park and had set off when they were stopped by armed police personnel stationed at UTC. They were carrying placards with inscriptions like ‘Rivers State Government attend to us on this flood issue’, ‘Save us, Governor Wike’, ‘No food, no house, no care by Rivers State Government’ and ‘Stop this marginalization’. 


Alas, the ‘caravan’ was prevented from going any further, so the troop of protesters could not get to government house as they planned to. Leader of the group, Abbah Rufus, expressed his grievance over the situation, lamenting the way they were treated. Abbah Rufus on the Botched Relocation to RS Govt House
My concern though, the number of persons who made it on this ‘exodus’ was pretty abysmal. With the way the leader of the delegation sounded, one would have thought women and children would be seen, as they are mostly affected when things like these happen. 


However, the trumpet blown about this flood issue in Orashi and the claim of neglect by the Rivers State Government did get some attention. This is as Rivers State Government says it is working with LGAs affected by flood, and is catering to the needs of displaced persons. Chukwuemeka Woke, Chief of Staff to the state government made this known when Nigerian Agip Oil Company and her JV partners, OANDO and NNPC, presented some relief materials to flood victims yesterday.
Still on this flood matter, there are insinuations that the Federal Government is being bias in its provision of relief materials. This was expressed by the Commissioner for Information, Emmanuel Okah, yesterday.

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