By Nneka Nwogwugwu
An activist and the Igba of Warri kingdom, Chief Mrs. Rita Lori-Ogbebor has called for the Federal government intervention as sawdust blocks Warri River.
This is as a result of the operations of sawmills around Pessu Market in Warri South Local Government of Delta State.
This was observed during an on-the-spot assessment of the Chief, Mrs. Rita Lori-Ogbebor.
Calling on the federal and state governments to address the situation as soon as possible, Lori-Ogbebor, the Igba of Warri kingdom, expressed “anger” about the development, which she described as an “environmental disaster”.
She said women in the area lamented that the situation had negatively affected their businesses, hence the decision to see things for herself and set the ball rolling for a solution.
“My concern, first and foremost, is that the women must have business to do. My second concern is that this place is supposed to be a river; it should flow because if it doesn’t flow, when the rain falls, there is going to be a problem.
“The market itself helps the economy, so if people are not buying and selling because of this blockade, then we must take away the blockade. God will help us to take away the blockade so that people can bring goods from the North, everywhere. And they can trade properly,” Lori-Ogbebor said.
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