The Federal Government
has ordered the Nigerian Navy to stop foreign trawlers that fish in the
nation’s territorial waters illegally.
Some communities in the
coastal communities in Bayelsa State and neighbouring states recently send a
save-our-soul to the state and the Federal Government to save them from foreign
trawler owners who engage in indiscriminate fishing on Nigerian waters.
The message, sent to the
President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), lamented the activities of the
foreigners, who are heavily armed and attacked Nigerian fishermen at will.
Minister of State for
Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, at an
interactive session with stakeholders in Yenagoa, said Nigeria would not
tolerate foreign fishermen without permission.
The minister disclosed
that the Presidency had ordered the Chief of Naval Staff to stop the intruders
with immediate effect.
?Senator Lokpobiri
advised people of the region to invest in farming, stating that the Bank of
Industry and Agricultural Development Bank would provide loans for them.
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