The attention of Amb Ihunwo Chijioke, the Chairman of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Rivers State chapter and South-South zone, has been drawn to a kangaroo National Youth Council of Nigeria, Rivers State chapter election held in Kula, Akuku Toru local government area of Rivers State.
Amb. Chijioke Ihunwo addressing a press conference in the Youth Council Secretariat, this morning, March 22, 2021, wishes to set the records straight, that Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe doesn’t have the capacity to conduct a Youth Council election in Rivers State.
Before Youth Council election can be conducted in Rivers State, you need the approval of the Rivers State Government through the Ministry of Youth Development, because the National Youth Council of Nigeria, at the State level is being midwife by the Ministry and the Ministry supervises the activities of the Youth Council.
The Chairman wonder why Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe will feel that he is above the State Governor, the State government, and come into Rivers State to cause crisis.
Prior before now, the Chairman was elected with Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe where he served as Deputy in the State. And the election that brought then into power was supervised by the Rivers State Ministry of Youth Development, and the election was done in Portharcourt, which is the capital of the State. But the said kangaroo election was done in Kula, and the Governor of the State, Chief Barr. E.N Wike is not aware, the Ministry of Youth Development is not aware, meaning that their sole purpose of coming is to cause crisis in Rivers State.
The National Youth Council of Nigeria at the federal level has factions, the Sukubo Sara-Igbe faction, Solomon Adodo faction and others. The federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, led by Hon. Sunday Dare was in Rivers State to Commission the Real Madrid Football Academy, built by His Excellency, Chief Barr. E.N Wike, the Executive Governor of Rivers State, and Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe that claims he is the President of National Youth Council of Nigeria, was not in the State to welcome the Minister of Youth and Sports.
Two days later, another factional President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Solomon Adodo came to Rivers State during the commissioning of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) complex and was hosted by the Minister of Niger Delta, Hon. Godswill Akpabio, but Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe that claim he is the National President was nowhere to be found because he is not the authentic President. He is only busy causing crisis.
The Chairman wishes to state categorically that there is no Court anywhere in Nigeria that gave Sukubo Sara-Igbe judgement to become the National President. The matter concerning Corporate Affair Commission (CAC) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports is still in Court waiting to be addressed.
Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe was fully supported by Gov. Wike when he was the State Chairman, today he has come to Rivers State to cause crisis in our State. There is no crisis in National Youth Council of Nigeria, Rivers State chapter.
Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe claims to be the National President but can’t engage the President of Nigeria on National issues. Nigeria economy is going down, people are dying every day, kidnapping, herdsmen, insecurity everywhere and he is not saying anything as a National President.
Nobody have seen him on national television discussing National issues, Only busy causing crisis
Amb. Chijioke Ihunwo call on Rivers State youths to remain calm, our leadership is intact. We have the full support of the Governor of the State, Chief Barr. E.N Wike, who is the Grand Patron of Youth Council.
The support of the Rivers State Ministry of Youth Development, ably led by Hon. Prince Ohia. We occupy the Youth Council Secretariat, and we have a Court pronouncement backing our mandate. Our tenure will end in 2023, and we will conduct a unity Congress that leaders will emerge and the process will be supervised by the Rivers State Ministry of Youth Development as stated by the constitution of the Youth Council. It is the Rivers State Ministry of Youth Development that supervises Youth Council elections in Rivers State and not a factional President.
The Chairman call on security agencies to be on red alert because there was a threat that the Youth Council Secretariat will be bombed by these elements that doesn’t mean well for Rivers youths.
On the issue of National Youth Council of Nigeria, Emohua local government area chapter, the Chairman said the former coordinator, Innocent Woke was there on a caretaker basis and he has removed him base on the call by the youths, leaders and stakeholders of his local government that he should be removed and can’t recall him, if he is aggrieved, he should go to Court.
Signed:
Amadi Eze
Senior Special Assistant to the Chairman (Media & Publicity)
March 22, 2021.
