Bonny PROJECT

[Bonny PROJECT @BonnyProject]

A Sociopolitical pressure group for the advancement of Bonny Agenda, with Bonny First as its philosophy.

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

50. Now that Ikwerre domination has replaced Ijaw domination, they say that there is no more need for the upland/riverine dichotomy.
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[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

49. ...was this issue that pitched Rivers people against themselves and did not engender unity and collective action towards development.
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#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

48. ... but are also unfair to the state. Mr. Wolugbom described such persons as selfish opportunists who do not mean well for the state and its people, insisting that what had limited the progress and development of the state...
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#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

47. Yet another Ikwerre man who is the Rivers State Director of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mr. Oliver Wolugbom said that those who are still propagating the riverine/upland sentiment are not only dwelling in the past...
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor
#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

46. ...development. Speaking to newsmen he said that " Today, you cannot differentiate between the Riverine and the upland because everywhere is connected by roads, credit to Nyesom Wike and nobody can change that vision".
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#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

45. Another Ikwerre man who is the Publicity Secretary of the Rivers State chapter of PDP and Chairman of Ikwerre LGA, Samuel Nwanosike said Gov. Nyesom Wike has changed the aged-long riverine/upland dichotomy, which hindered...
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor
#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

44. " So we felt that, one way we can make progress is if we see ourselves as one and once that is done, then we have moved to the next step. So today our concern is that the issue of the upland/riverine is no longer necessary.
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor
#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

43. Which he said plagued the state in the past. He said " in this state before, all you see and hear was tribalism; that you are from the upland, you are from the Riverine and so people were not doing things as if we are one Rivers.
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor
#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

42. Governor Nyesom Wike in April this year, while speaking with the organizers of Zik Leadership Prize Award, declared that one of the greatest achievements of his administration is the elimination of the upland/riverine dichotomy.
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor
#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

41. ... disparity in development and the lopsided distribution of amenities stare us in the face; our diverse languages,mangroves,mud skippers and periwinkles define us as a distinct people".
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor
#GrowNigeria

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

40. ...State who was supported to be governor on the basis of the Upland/Riverine rotation principle. Angry, Ijaw leaders told Governor Odili that "Nobody can abrogate the Upland/Riverine divide by fiat when the overwhelming...
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[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

39. It was Dr. Peter Odili who as governor made the first announcement that there was no more Upland and Riverine in Rivers State. Ironically, Odili was the first beneficiary of the Upland/Riverine dichotomy in the New Rivers...
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor #TuesdayThoughts

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

38. ... groups in Rivers State also have a state in which they constitute a comfortable majority and have led since 1999".
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[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

37. The postulations put together by Ukiwe&the Rebisi's delegates worked like magic. Today the Ijaws have a state of their won with a capital (Yenegoa) which is being styled the "Jerusalem of the Ijaw Nation". The Igbo-speaking...
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor #TuesdayThoughts

[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

36. ...Rivers State and Bayelsa state were drawn and presented to Abacha, who found it acceptable. "On October 1,1996, General Abacha included Bayelsa as one of the six new states approved by the Provisional Ruling Council, PRC.
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[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

35. ...Head of State, General Abacha who was pro-Ijaw, might be pushed not to create any new state at all. "Between Ukiwe and the Ikwerre delegation, and taking into account the expressed needs of others, the maps of the present...
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[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

34. On the other hand, the Kalabari's did not want to be parted with Rivers State, neither did the Okrika's and Ukiwe advised that it would be "unstrategic" to cut out Bonny, Opobo, Kalabari, Okrika, apart from the fact that the...
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[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

33. ...the late Chief Okugbule Wonodi & Chief Andrew Uchendu, met with Ukiwe his office in Victoria Island. "Their proposal was that Port Harcourt should only be for Igbo-speaking Rivers people, while Ijaw-speaking would be named new Rivers State.
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[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

32. ...support the aspirations of his Igbo kinsmen in the struggle. An ageing "Zik" referred the Eze's delegation to Commodore Ukiwe, who had become Zik's close political confidante. The Eze's delegation of four, which included...
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[RIVERS WOMEN ALLIANCE(OFFICIAL) @RIWA2019]

32. " With the Ijaw groups obviously being favoured by the Northern-led Federal Government, Eze Woluchem, a lawyer who was installed paramount ruler of Port Harcourt in 1977 turned to Azikiwe, appealing for him to support the...
#RiversDeservesRiverineGovernor #TuesdayThoughts