Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has urged his Rivers counterpart, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, to take measures that might assist restore peace in Rivers to make sure speedy improvement.
Diri suggested on Thursday when Fubara, accompanied by high authorities functionaries, visited him in his nation dwelling in Sampou, Kolokuma-Opokuma Native Authorities Space.
NAN reported that it was Fubara’s first official go to to Bayelsa since he assumed workplace on Could 29, 2023.
Diri described the significance of peace in any space as unquantifiable, saying that no significant improvement might happen in an environment of disaster.
He mentioned that Rivers and Bayelsa had a long-standing brotherly relationship and no matter impacts one additionally impacts the opposite.
He mentioned that he had been involved concerning the political disaster in Rivers and had labored behind the scenes to make sure peace returned to the state.
He cautioned towards giving ethnic colouration to the disaster, saying that the Ikwerre of Rivers and the Ijaw of each Rivers and Bayelsa are one.
He additional mentioned that they may not afford to battle one another as it could quantity to “a mindless battle between brothers.”
The Bayelsa governor additionally suggested Fubara to be tolerant and affected person whereas specializing in delivering improvement to the folks of his state.
Whereas expressing willingness to forge nearer ties with the Rivers governor within the curiosity of each states, Diri welcomed Fubara’s olive department to search out an amicable resolution to the authorized disaster between each states.