As part of efforts to resolve the lingering dispute over electoral ward delineation, Representatives of the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic nationalities in Delta State have agreed on a power-sharing arrangement for the proposed Warri Federal Constituency II, following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu.
The agreement was reached on Friday night after a meeting convened at the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, in Abuja.
According to the resolution signed by representatives of the Ijaw and Itsekiri groups and witnessed by stakeholders, the parties agreed on a rotational arrangement for the House of Representatives seat in the proposed Warri Federal Constituency II.
Under the agreement, the House of Representatives seat will rotate between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups, with the Ijaw nationality taking the first turn for two consecutive terms before the seat shifts to the Itsekiri for a similar tenure.
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The agreement was signed on behalf of the Ijaw nationality by former Deputy Governor of Delta State, Kingsley Otuaro, and Dr. Eric Omare. In contrast, Sir A.S. Mene and Chief Robinson Ariyo signed for the Itsekiri nationality.
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, signed on behalf of the Federal Government, while Olorogun Victor Okumagba and Chief Westham Adehor witnessed the agreement.
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