Appointments in Ogoni area seem to attract controversies from the same Ogoni people.
Now, however, monarchs from a section of Ogoni have hailed the choice of Don Baridam, a professor as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of governing council of the newly established Federal University of Environmental Technology in Ogoni.
The traditional rulers also hailed the appointment of Emmanuel Nwiika Deeyah, the President of KAGOTE, as the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, (HYPREP).
The monarchs from the Khana Local Government Traditional Rulers’ Council expressed strong support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent appointments of notable sons and daughters from the Ogoni community to key national positions.
Rising from an extraordinary meeting held in Bori on Monday, September 1, 2025, the council in a communiqué read by Baridam Suanu Timothy Yormaadam, the chairman of Khana Local Government Area Traditional Rulers Council, described these appointments as a positive step toward empowering the Ogoni community and fostering inclusive governance.
The council further congratulated Bariere Thomas on his election as chairman of Khana Local Government Area.
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The council described such media attacks as irresponsible and pledged to impose sanctions if they continued, emphasizing the need to uphold the dignity of the Ogoni leaders.
The Traditional Rulers’ Council reaffirmed their backing of the President’s constitutional right to make appointments and called for unity and respect within the Khana people to ensure peace and development in the region.
The resolutions were said to mark a clear endorsement of President Tinubu’s efforts to elevate the Ogoni community and a call for clean, inclusive governance in Khana Local Government Area going forward.
The Council said it was displeased with the continued media attacks over the appointment of Deeyah, a onetime commissioner in the state. “The President is the head of the executive arm of government and has the constitutional right to make such appointments. We therefore, give full backing to Deeyah’s appointment.
“Council is appalled at the continued attacks on the office and person of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. We condemn such attacks and make further entreaty to the former governor who has a title from Ogoni.
