Bayelsa state governor, Senator Douye Diri alongside Ijaw leaders of thought have commenced the process of reviving and repositioning the ethnic group’s apex socio-cultural body, the Ijaw National Congress (INC).
The INC had been embroiled in crisis that rendered it comatose in the last few years.
Concerned over the state of affairs, Governor Diri on Tuesday held a consultative meeting with select leaders of the ethnic nationality, which had in attendance prominent traditional rulers, elder statesmen, senators, former leaders of the body and other Ijaw senior citizens.
Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, in a press statement, said at the end of the meeting held in Government House, Yenagoa, the leaders unanimously agreed to quickly resuscitate the INC.
A committee headed by a retired Supreme Court jurist, King Francis Tabai, was also set up to resolve all issues bordering on litigations involving the Ijaw umbrella body.
Governor Diri, who briefed the media, said: “We unanimously resolved to resuscitate the INC as soon as possible.
“We also agreed to convoke a meeting of traditional rulers on the way forward for the INC as well as set up a committee to settle all litigations encumbering the congress.
“The committee, which is headed by Justice Francis Tabai (rtd), has Chief Felix Tuodolo as Secretary while King Bubaraye Dakolo, Victor Burubo, Prof. Francis Sikoki and Sir Uchente Ejente are to serve as members.”
