Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has waded into the dispute between the management of Port Harcourt International Airport and Ipo community, which led to the temporary disruption of flight operations of the Airport by protesting women of the host community on Tuesday.
The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, who addressed newsmen after a closed door meeting between the Governor, women leaders and chiefs of Ipo community, and the Airport management in Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said that the feuding parties have agreed to a mutually beneficial peace deal.
He noted that while the women have resolved to withdraw from barricading the access road to the airport, the management of the Federal Government facility has promised to address the concerns of the community in the area of implementing key corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies to meet expectations of host communities.
He said that when the Government got wind of the disruption of access to the airport, it immediately swung into action, and invited all parties to a meeting to resolve the issues.
Women of the community had barricaded the entrance of the only road to the airport early in the morning on Tuesday, singing, dancing and cooking, thereby disrupting access to and from the airport, and causing flight delays.
Ipo community is one of the major hosts of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
