The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Bayelsa on Friday commenced a robust campaign by critical stakeholders against insecurity and challenges of unity facing the nation.
The State Director of NOA in Bayelsa Mrs Grace Olobio made this known during a one day round table conference held at the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Federal Secretariat complex in Yenagoa.
The conference had the theme “Pathway to National Cohesion, Development and Unity ”
The NOA State Director was represented by the Deputy Director, Programmes , Mrs Ndidiamaka Mumeya-Francis.
She noted that issues of insurgency, banditry, extremism, youth restiveness, herder-farmer conflicts, militancy, kidnapping pipeline vandalism amongst others are major challenges confronting the nation and needed to be addressed and tackled by all citizens.
She urged people to always be vigilant and to report criminality and infractions of the law to security agencies, noting that the pathway to National development requires everyone to join the campaign to protect the county’s wealth from criminal syndicates who drain its natural resources and damage the environment.
The Director of a Non Governmental Organization, Peace Building, Conflict Resolution Trainers Network, Dr. Dotimi Ogbofa spoke on the negative impacts of oil production and spillage in the various communities
Ogboga identified greed on the part of some traditional leaders for the unemployment and under development bedeviling most oil rich communities.
In their goodwill messages, the Bayelsa State Coordinator
National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, Mr Nwankwala Stalin and the representative from National Council for Women Society, Mrs Nyanayo Maggi and that of Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps , Mr Oguntuase A.. commended NOA for the effort.
They pledged to collaborate with the agency to ensure the campaign gets to people living in the communities as the program would be replicated in the eight local government areas of the state.