The
Ondo State Commissioner for Land, Mr Donald Ojogo has over the
weekend described Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State as a bridge
builder whose uncommon political leadership spans across political and ethnic
divides.
A
press statement by the Governor's Chief Press Secretary Francis Ottah Agbo
quoted Ojogo to have stated this when he led a high-powered delegation of
Arugbo Ijaw to condole with Governor Dickson and his family over the passage of
his mother, Mrs Goldcoast Dickson in ToruOrua.
Mr.
Ojogo who said Governor Dickson has over the years, provided what he called,
"an unusual leadership for the entire Ijaw nation," noted that he has
demonstrated commitment and magnanimity towards impacting positively on
their lives.
Expressing
gratitude to the Governor, Mr. Ojogo said the people of Ondo State and
generations yet unborn would eternally remain grateful to Governor Dickson for
his benevolence, courage, vision and purposeful leadership.
According
to him, "Governor Dickson has provided a platform for brilliant Ijaw
students whom he has placed on scholarship at the Ijaw National Academy in
which some of the beneficiaries are from Arugbo Ijaw. He said there is an
ongoing health project in Arugbo as well as his appointment of Fidelis Soriwei,
a son of Arugbo as Special Adviser. These gestures, he noted are geared towards
advancing Ijaw national interest.
Governor
Dickson thanked the delegation for the visit. He said cancer poses existential
threat to humanity, urged them to join the crusade to deepen the cancer
awareness campaign. While promising to mobilize his friends and well-wishers
to donate generously to the Cancer Foundation he plans to establish to
immortalize his mother and boost cancer awareness, the Governor urged all and
sundry to join him to wage war against cancer.
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