Chairman of Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers and Amayanabo of Opobo Kingdom King Dandison Jaja says he is proud of the effort of the current police commissioner Eastern Ports Command, Mrs Evelyn Peterside to return peace to the Eastern Ports.
Jaja who made the commendable when the commissioner of police Eastern Ports Command paid him a working visit in his office in Port Harcourt, said he is highly elated with the record of achievements of Mrs Peterside in the Nigerian police especially her efforts to return peace to the Eastern Ports of the Nigeria Ports Authority .
The chairman Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers used the opportunity to call on the Federal Government to revitalize the old Opobo port which according to him will open up business activities within Port Harcourt to Opobo.
Earlier, the commissioner of police Eastern Ports command, Mrs Evelyn Peterside has said that she was in the office of the traditional ruler’s office to intimate him of teething challenges facing her and her posting to Rivers Port , headquarters of the Eastern ports command which comprises of Onne, Calabar and Warri ports.
Peterside said her meeting with stakeholders and consultations with communities had helped to reduce incessant protests and encourage peaceful operations and facilitated the ease of doing business and operations at the various ports within the Eastern zone and call for the support of the traditional rulers council in the Niger Delta to enable government return activities in the Eastern Ports to its maximum capacity.
The commissioner added that people of the Niger Delta deserve the best in terms of maritime business in Nigeria as the headquarters of oil and gas operation in the country and appealed that all hands should be on deck to enable normalcy return to the Eastern Ports in the Country.
