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A prominent traditional ruler in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, HRH Eze Owabie Tobin, has advised residents of his community to stick closely with all government directives and advice as regards the outbreak and prevention of covid-19 otherwise called corona-virus.
Speaking exclusively with our man in his palace in Port Harcourt, Eze Tobin, who is the Onumini 1 of Mgbundukwu Community in Diobu, described the outbreak of the virus as something that needed all community leaders to join hands with government to tackle the issue, adding that as a leader, he will continue to sensitized his community about the danger of the disease which he said the World Health Organization has declared as a pandemic .
He maintained that as a leader, he has set up a 7-man committee of his chiefs’ council to go round the community to sensitize his people on the development, stressing that so far no case of such disease has been reported in his community.
“So far no such case is reported in this our community, but we are still on the alert,” Eze Owabie stated
speaking further, Eze Tobin, regretted that despite efforts by his community, no company, nor the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), had deemed it necessary to visit them to find out their needs, stressing that the community is very much in need of basic social amenities such good drainage system, toilets, construction of a befitting learning environment for vulnerable and less privileged children that are scattered in and around the waterfront of the area.
The traditional ruler also joined well-meaning Rivers people to commend the state governor, Barr Nyesom Wike, for rising promptly in respond to the coronavirus pandemic even as he assured of his support in sensitizing his subjects.
