The Royal father of Idjerhe kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM Ovie Monday Obukowho Whiskey (Udurhie I), has thrown his weight behind the proposal for the creation of Ethiope State out of the present Delta State, stressing that the proposed new state will have all it takes to remain viable.
This is even as the monarch strongly advocated a constitutional responsibility for royal fathers, albeit, the traditional institution, women inclusion in governance, prudent resource management as well as addressing the problem of environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, in the ongoing Constitutional Review.
HRM Ovie Monday Whiskey who stated this while addressing newsmen in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, on the occasion of the Section A of the South South Zonal Public Hearing on the ongoing Constitutional Review also advocated a constitutional provision for more inclusion of women in governance.
Addressing the issue of peace and security in the country, the Idjerhe monarch said that the royal fathers in the country are doing their best to ensure that there is peace in their respective kingdoms, adding that they are handicapped due to lack of constitutional power.
He therefore advocated a provision in the Constitution that will emerge from the ongoing review, a provision that will empower royal fathers and, indeed, the traditional institutions, to take critical decisions and actions that will affect the people, adding that peace in each of the kingdoms translates to peace in all the Local Government Areas and by extension, peace in all the States of the federation.
