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The Rivers State Police Command has declared war against criminality in the state. The commissioner, Francis M. Odesanya made the declaration recently in a press briefing at Port Harcourt.  He said the state will no longer be conducive for criminals, until they surrender. He maintained that with a proactive policing his command will implore the use of intelligence gathering to embark on regular raid of criminal hideouts. According to him, "I pledge to fight crimes and criminality headlong. Rivers state shall not be conducive any more for criminals. We shall be proactive in our policing. Intelligence gathering shall be the hallmark of my administration. We shall embark on regular raid of criminal hideouts"  "Ban on road block is still in force but I shall put in place descent stop and search mechanism which shall aid us in tracking kidnappers and armed robbers with the sole aim of recovering stolen properties". Earlier, the commissioner frowned

The  Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has began moves to curb regional crisis affecting the people. Speaking in a stakeholders meeting at the Hotel Presidential in Rivers State recently, the acting managing Director, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, stated that the 2016 Partner for Sustainable Development is a direct product of the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan, for collaborating with stakeholders in the Niger Delta region. She averred   that the aim is to create opportunity for partners to look at various challenges plaguing the Niger Delta Region and proffer the way forward. She said the commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs would discuss  strategies that will make the region move forward. According to her, “The key objective of the Partners for Sustainable development PSD is to provide a clearing-house of information for stakeholders during project planning, budgeting and implementation strategies, to ensure that stakeholders are a