10th Memorial: Governor Diri pays tributes to DSP Alamieyeseigha, describes him an ideological movement
…urges Nigeria to practice federalism
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has paid tributes to the first Governor of Bayelsa state, late Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, describing him as a leader who stood for truth, justice and environmental rights for his people.
Governor Diri gave the honour during the 10th memorial of the late icon at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet hall, Yenagoa, stressing that the legacies and ideology of Alamieyeseigha has now become a movement that advocates change, good governance, human rights, unity, resource control and federalism amongst others.
His words, “if we want this country to develop, you cannot use the resources from one region to create more local government areas in another region and stave the area from where this resources are coming from, that is not federalism. Let us look at how federalism is practiced in every other clime. The United States that we are copying, the states pay taxes to the centre from their resources, they even have their state electoral commission”, he stated.
For a close friend of the late icon and former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, late Alamieyeseigha displayed courage at every point, believing in his convictions in the defence of his people.
The event was also attended by the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, former governor of old Rivers State, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, wife of the late Governor, Mrs. Margaret Alamieyeseigha, former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rtd. Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah, members of the State House of Assembly, Secretary to Government, Prof. Nimibofa Ayawei, and other top government functionaries.
Professor Ibaba Samuel Ibaba, deliver the lecture on the occasion with the theme: IN THE NIGER DELTA VOICE, THROUGH NIGERIA’S SOUL: FEDERALISM, RESOURCE CONTROL, AND THE CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN STATE IN THE ALAMIEYESEIGHA LEGACIES.
