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Fubara decries incessant pirates’ attack on sea travellers, vows to fight menace 

By Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt)  and Bertram Nwannekanma
29 August 2024   |   4:22 am
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has decried incessant attacks on boat operators and sea travellers by pirates on sea routes in the state, warning that his administration will no longer tolerate such criminality.
Rivers State Governor Siminalaye Fubara

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has decried incessant attacks on boat operators and sea travellers by pirates on sea routes in the state, warning that his administration will no longer tolerate such criminality.

  
The governor reassured the commitment of his administration to the security of life and property of all residents by making sure that they can go about their genuine and productive activities without fear of molestation.
  
Fubara made the commitment when he received a delegation of the Rivers Commercial District of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN), who came to the Government House in Port Harcourt, yesterday, to formally draw the attention of the government to their plight, seeking immediate intervention.
  
Represented by the Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Dr. George Nwaeke, Fubara commended them for performing their civic obligation by reporting criminality in their places of business to the authority.

IN another development, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has declared full support for Fubara in the face of politically motivated attacks aimed at destabilising his administration.
 
According to the rights group, despite the ongoing crisis with his former political mentor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Fubara has made significant strides in infrastructure development, remaining committed to upholding democratic principles by ensuring that local council administration is managed by democratically elected officials.
   
In a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group emphasised that the ongoing plan by Fubara’s administration to conduct local council elections should not be thwarted by the previous local council administration, which was appointed by the former governor, Wike.

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