Lawmaker Lambasts Those Opposed To The Unanimous Position of Ogoni Stakeholders, Justifies Why Gov Wike Should Lead Consultative Meeting With FG

The member representing Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dumnamene Robinson Dekor insists Governor Nyesom Wike is the right person to lead the planned Multi-Stakeholder Consultative Meeting between the Ogoni leaders and the Federal government over resumption of oil production in OML 11.

Rt. Hon. Dekor said the controversy triggered by the choice of Governor Wike among sections of Ogoni people is unnecessary, arguing that as the Chief Security Officer of the State, there is hardly any such high level meeting with the federal government as was the tradition in the past without involving the State governor.

The Federal lawmaker who is a former Deputy Speaker, and one time Commissioner for Works in the State recalled similar occasions when past Governors including former Rivers State governor, and now Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and his Minister for Niger Delta Affairs counterpart, Godswill Akpabio among others had been on Ogoni people’s delegation to the Presidency on issues concerning Ogoni nation.

Sensing partisan politics as the reason for opposing Gov Wike’s leadership of the Multi- Stakeholder Consultative Meeting, Rt. Hon. Dekor said this is one issue that must not be politicized.

He accused members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as architects of the seeming controversy on who should and should not lead the Ogoni delegation to the planned Multi- Stakeholder Consultative Meeting.

Rt. Hon. Dekor described those opposed to the unanimous decision of Ogoni stakeholders that Gov Wike should be at the head of the delegation as enemies of Ogoni people.

The federal lawmaker said inclusion of the Governor who is the Chief Security Officer of the State is in the interest of the Ogoni people, because it would enhance deeper and meaningful consultation with an impactful and meaningful outcome.

On the 26th Ogoni Heroes Day Anniversary, November 10, 2021, Rt. Hon. Dekor believes the Ogoni martyrs did not die in vain, positing that their blood is the seed of democracy in Nigeria and connotes respect for human dignity.

Congratulating the Ogoni people on the occasion of the death of the internationally acclaimed environmentalist, and Ogoni hero, Ken Saro-Wiwa and others who lost their lives for the sustainance of democracy in Nigeria, the House Committee Chairman on Host Communities said though Ken and his kinsmen are gone, they still live on having left lasting legacies and everlasting memories in the heart of people.