Wife of Bayelsa State Governor, Dr. (Mrs.)
Rachael Dickson (left); Bayelsa State
Governor, Seriake Dickson; President
Jonathan; and wife of late Oronto Douglas,
Mrs. Tarinabo Douglas, during a commendation
service in honour of the late Senior Special Assistant to the President on Research and
Documentation, Oronto Douglas, at the St.
Peter’s Anglican Church, Yenagoa…yesterday
President Goodluck Jonathan has
acknowledged the pivotal role Late
Environmental and Human Rights Activist,
Oronto Natei Douglas played in the
sustenance of the Niger Delta struggle for
resource control and environmental restoration. The President made the acknowledgement at
the weekend, during the funeral service in
honour of late Douglas at the St Peter’s
Anglican Church in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State
Capital. According to him, late Oronto Douglas
introduced intellectual activism to the Niger
Delta struggle for economic inclusiveness. He
described him as an academic icon, idealist,
proactive, strategic, courageous, exclusively
humanitarian. Eulogizing the late Environmental and Human
rights advocate, the President also described
him as a unique personality, who was worth
more than silver and gold, stressing that,
Oronto Douglas departed at a time when his
wise and useful counsel were most needed. “By his contributions, he is worth more that
silver and gold and he is leaving at a time he is
most needed as he has impacted positively on
the people of the State, the Niger Delta and
the entire country within the short period of
his life on earth.” In his remarks, Bayelsa State Governor,
Henry Seriake Dickson announced
scholarships award for the two children of
late Oronto Douglas to university level, in
appreciation of his selfless contributions to
the development of humanity and the Niger Delta environment.
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