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Ijaw Youths Give Akpabio 7-Day Ultimatum To Fix Bayelsa Axis of East-West Road

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4 years ago

June 6, 2020

Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has given the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, a seven-day ultimatum to fix the Bayelsa State axis of the East-West road after which they will take over the road.

The youths who expressed their anger on Saturday following weeklong gridlocks that held drivers and commuters hostage at the failed portions of the road, asked Akpabio to redirect his energy from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) crisis to fixing the road.

The acting President of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Kennedy Olorigun, said the youths would no longer tolerate the dilapidated nature of the road, as he said many portions of the expressway have collapsed completely.

He said, “We are going to take over the road after the ultimatum given to the Minister.“

Olorogun lamented that the stretch of the road from Kaiama in Kolokuma-Opokuma to Mbiama, a border community between Rivers State and Bayelsa remained impassable.

He continued, “Traveling from Bayelsa to Port Harcourt has become a nightmare. Moving to Warri in Delta State is a death trap. The East-West road has totally collapsed. Drivers and commuters are stranded on the Bayelsa and Rivers axis of the road.

“We are talking about Rivers and Bayelsa where chunk of our resources come from. Yet the East-West road leading to these two states are only receiving lip service from the Federal Government and the Niger Delta minister.

“Our vehicles are collapsing on that road and we will no longer tolerate this delay in fixing it. We are asking Akpabio to place emphasis on the NDDC matter and lead a campaign to fix our road.

“We are giving him a seven-day ultimatum to fix the road or we take over the road and ensure nobody passes through it including government officials.”

He wondered why the Minister abandoned the problems of the East-West road and other challenges in the region to focus only on NDDC.

(PHOTO: File)

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