Monarch warns community leaders on militancy in Niger Delta


The Chairman of Rivers Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Chukwumela Obi, has called onThe traditional ruler made the appeal on Thursday at Omoku, Rivers, while inaugurating the new Central Community Development Committee (CDC) for Omoku community. Obi, who advised the committee members against using their new positions to enrich themselves, noted that peace and development could only be achieved in the oil-rich region if community leaders discharged their duties diligently. ''Attainment of peace, unity and development largely depends on the administrative style of the community leaders,'' he said. The traditional ruler, who urged them to liaise with government and oil companies to ensure that projects approved for Omuku area were not diverted, added that they were expected to ensure speedy execution of the projects.

Obi, the traditional ruler of Ogbaland in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni council area of Rivers, noted that lack of interest by community leaders in monitoring projects had contributed to the high rate of projects failure in the area. community leaders in the Niger Delta to stop using their positions to fan militancy. The traditional ruler made the appeal on Thursday at Omoku, Rivers, while inaugurating the new Central Community Development Committee (CDC) for Omoku community. Obi, who advised the committee members against using their new positions to enrich themselves, noted that peace and development could only be achieved in the oil-rich region if community leaders discharged their duties diligently. ''Attainment of peace, unity and development largely depends on the administrative style of the community leaders,'' he said.

The traditional ruler, who urged them to liaise with government and oil companies to ensure that projects approved for Omuku area were not diverted, added that they were expected to ensure speedy execution of the projects. Obi, the traditional ruler of Ogbaland in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni council area of Rivers, noted that lack of interest by community leaders in monitoring projects had contributed to the high rate of projects failure in the area.

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