IPF visits Numupere II, Alagoa in Bayelsa over inauguration of Council

By Stephen Asaba-ase

Following the upcoming inauguration of the Ijaw Publishers Forum (IPF), the delegation of the the council has paid a courtesy visit to the home of the Numupere-II of Ijaw nation, King Pereama Freetown at his home and Comrade Moris Alagoa, a renown Niger Delta Environmental Activist, at the Era Niger Delta Resource Centre, both in Yenagoa on Sunday.

The delegation used the opportunity to commend the Ijaw leaders for their selfless contributions to the Ijaw Nation and of course Niger Delta, adding that it would be a rear privilege for IPF to have their esteemed presence at the Inauguration, coming up on February 29, 2024 in Warri.

Speaking, King Pereama Freetown commended the intellectuals for coming together to coordinate how the Ijaw and the Niger Delta stories should be told, after pledging to be in attendance personally. He also advised that the body should go about their business professionally and always avoid divisive reports.

Alagoa expressed joy over the the visit and declared that he would attend the event, stressing that his organization, Era Niger Delta Resource Centre would work with the IPF in furthering the cause of the Ijaw people and the Niger Delta.