The European Union (EU), through an International Non-Governmental Organisation, Search for Common Ground (SEARCH), has partnered with Bundu-Ama and Igbisikala-Ama communities in Port Harcourt City Local Council, as well as security agencies to create a crime-free environment.

The organisation’s representatives, the community members, including youths, men and women, as well as some security operatives, at the weekend, embarked on a peace walk on major streets from the Old Port Harcourt Township to the Central Police Station (CPS) in the area and the Borikiri Police Division.

The Head of Office and Programme Implementations in Niger Delta, Mr. Yacinthe Agbadjagan, said the move was aimed at fostering unity, strengthening trust and collaboration between the communities and security agencies.

He explained that the peace walk was part of the organisation’s social cohesion programmes aimed at promoting peace and security in Bundu-Ama and Igbisikala-Ama communities and the Niger Delta region.

According to him, the social cohesion for youth/communities and government security actors was being implemented by the organisation across 66 communities, in 33 local councils in Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states.

He explained that the social cohesion initiative is a project funded by the European Union and implemented by SEARCH in collaboration with three other organizations, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), Foundation for Partnership Initiative in Niger Delta, PIND, and AAPW.

He commended the communities and security agencies, especially the police, for synergising with them to create a crime-free environment that is conducive for residents and business owners to live and operate.