2013
BORO DAY: GOV DICKSON HONOURS REV JESSE JACKSON, DR. FASEUN, OTHERS
Activities commemorating the 2013 Major Isaac Adaka Boro Daycelebrations came to a climax yesterday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State withGovernor Seriake Dickson conferring an honorary citizenship of theState on African American human rights activist, Reverend JesseJackson.Governor Dickson also gave Reverend Jackson an Ijaw name,“Izontariowei” meaning he who loves Izon people.
He said the honour done the two-time United States presidentialaspirant was in recognition of his contributions to the promotion ofcivil liberties.Governor Dickson, who expressed appreciation to Reverend Jackson,guest speakers and all those who graced the occasion from far andnear, thanked them for identifying with the Ijaw Nation.Commenting on the life and times of Major Isaac Adaka Boro, firstcivilian Governor of the state, Chief Alamieyeseigha recalled his dayswith the late hero.He noted that, if Boro were alive today, he would have acted for thecommon good of the people.
In his remarks former Governor of the old Rivers State, King AlfredDiete-Spiff stated that, the ideals Boro lived and died for would bepursued because he paid the supreme prize for the Ijaws to have somelevel of recognition in the country.King Diete-Spiff also suggested that Oloibiri, where Boro was born,should be the name of the next state if states were to be created.The President of the Odua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, Dr. Fredrick Faseundescribed Isaac Boro as a worthy hero of the Niger Delta and thecountry and that the Ijaws have demonstrated how to resist oppression.
The OPC leader who said the congress shares in the pain of the peopleof the Niger Delta occasioned by the activities of crude oilexploration and exploitation, called for the passage of the PetroleumIndustry Bill (PIB).He stressed that in addition to President Goodluck Jonathan having theconstitutional right to go for a second term in office, it was timefor the country to give back to the Niger Delta for theircontributions to the economic survival of Nigeria.
Highpoint of the event was the presentation of plaques containing thecrest of the Ijaw nation by the Governor to Reverend Jackson, formerPresidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Alhaji TankoYakassai, President of the Odua Peoples’ Congress, Dr. FredrickFasheun, among others.
Daniel Iworiso-Markson
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State
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