Igbomo-Toru (PYC) Commends Gov. Diri for Personal Visit and Donation of Relief Materials

Charge Opposition Leaders and 2027 Prospective Governorship Aspirants to Follow the Governor’s Example

Recall that Igbomo-Toru Community in Southern-Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State was besieged and completely ransacked, following the killing of some ranking officers and men of the Nigerian Army at Okuama in Delta State, where so many of our teaming Youths lost their lives, rendering the natives and residents homeless, making them to fled their home for fear of further reprisal attacks.

The Governor of Bayelsa State His Excellency Sen. Douye Diri saw it fit to personally visit the community to assess the level of destruction and to see how the government of the state can extend a hand to the affected community, members of which are largely known to be innocent and even unaware of the Okuama soldier slaughter.

It is on this basis that the we the Prosperity Youths Coalition (PYC) as a frontline youths mobilization and political organization in the state are moved to commend the steps taken by our dear governor to ameliorate the plight of the people of Igbomo-Toru Community, we understand that apart from journeying personally to visit the affected community for an on the ground assessment of the level of destruction, sympathize with his people, the governor’s visit was also intended to see how and where the state government can come in the reconstruction process which is indeed a compulsion, even on the part of the federal government of Nigeria.

We at the PYC wish to further appreciate on behalf of the youths of Bayelsa State, the Governor’s personal visit and donation of relief materials to the community, the donation materials including building materials, food stuff, and other essential utilities would greatly assist the returning dwellers settle better and more quickly.

We are however moved by reason to question the political leaders of other political parties, especially those that are planning on heating up the polity early in the state, and those that now nurse the ambition to run for governorship in the near future, is this not one of those rare moments to show the love for the state? It is sad that people who wish to govern us and tell us the massive plans they have if elected into office, cannot even show concern during such a disastrous episode, such as we experienced also during the 2020 flood menace.

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As youths we consider the silence of the opposition especially the Abuja based “big fishes”, their reluctance or failure to show any form of concern as not only painful but also disappointing, as these are the same people that comes every now and then or are planning to come some time before 2027 to tell Bayelsans their loafty plans and how they feel our pains at campaign grounds.

The unbothered attitude of leaders of the opposition at emergencies and catastrophies like this and as observed during reoccurring natural disasters like the annual flooding, is very worrisome to the youths, we therefore call on the opposition, especially the Abuja big boys, and the Dubai people to follow the governor’s lead in the present situation and show some love to the state, we must not wait till political campaigns to hear from our fathers, uncles, brothers and leaders who God has blessed with various political offices and financial reach.

As a mostly youth based organization, we wish to use this opportunity to remind Youths of the state the need to stay away from unnecessary violence, as the present saga would have been completely avoided if Bayelsa youths had heed the continues call to shun violence of any sort, hence the army wouldn’t have been provoked and have found no pretext to invade and destroy our very peace loving people who went about minding their individual businesses in an harsh economic environment from which the federal government has not provided succour. Bravery is good, but peace is priceless, so says the sage Chinua Achebe.