Rep lauds FG over moves to immortalize Jaja of Opobo
From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The member of the House of Representatives representing Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, has lauded efforts by the Federal Government to immortalize King Jaja of Opobo.
Abiante, who spoke at the inauguration of the technical committee for the implementation of the King Jaja of Opobo Cultural and Historical Centre, Opobo, Rivers State, in Abuja, said the initiative will give more exposure to the heritage of the people.
The lawmaker, while expressing gratitude to the Federal Government, said the project will be of immense benefit to the entire country.
According to him ,”this is a project that has taken us seven years, when the other people who were there didn’t share the same vision with us, but we’re very happy. I am glad that a Minister came, bought into the vision and today, we’re starting the actual journey to making people know exactly what our intentions were, expanding beyond even what we’ve conceived. We are glad.
“It will lead to the imortalization of the great leader through deeper research, letting the world know who we are, bonding people together. It will also create jobs. Is it in the area of tourism, a lot. It will open that area up, we expect a lot to be achieved, a lot to gained.
“That axis will now become a hub of tourism in Rivers State and even in the South-South, if we harness the things that are there properly. We have the aquatic splendour behind the oceans, we have a neighbouring Local Government Area which have elephants, if those elephants are conserved at this period, you can imagine what that could bring to us. There’s the wide beach beside the Atlantic ocean, there’s a lot. What about the blue economy, it’s going to be a part of it”.
