We will sustain Isaac Boro’s legacies – Dickson

The Ijaw nation yesterday converged at Kaiama in the Kolokuma-Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State to commemorate this year’s Isaac Adaka Boro Day celebration declaring that late Boro’s legacies, sacrifice, courage and belief would  be sustained. The history of the struggle for true federalism, resource control, implementation and respect for the principle of derivation were the issues that pushed Isaac Boro and his colleagues at a very tender age to be involved in what has become known as 12 days revolution.
The day, which is usually celebrated on May 16, is set aside to remember Boro who began the struggle for the emancipation of the Ijaw nation and died while fighting for the unity of Nigeria in the civil war.
Governor Seriake Dickson who led other prominent Ijaws drawn from Delta, Edo, Rivers, Ondo and Akwa Ibom among them former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, President of  Ijaw National Congress, Senator Tari Sekibo to lay wreath at the mausoleum of the late Isaac Boro reiterated the commitment of the Ijaw nation to his vision.
The governor said the memories of Boro, the symbol of Ijaw and Niger Delta struggle for equity and justice within the Nigerian federation, will linger on in the mind of the people.
“His memories and legacies will continue to remain with us. He taught us sacrifice, courage and belief in ourselves,” the governor noted.
Dickson who laid the foundation stone of Isaac Boro Institute at the ancient settlement, the ancestral home town of Boro assured that the institute would have many facilities.
He also explained that the new Boro town would be expanded to become a thriving city in the state.
“The Boro town is symbolic. It will be expanded and it will be a thriving city in Bayelsa. We will bring housing estates and schools to the place. It will stand to his eternal honour,” he said.