Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the people of the state to renew efforts to revive the positive aspects of their traditions and culture in order to prevent them from going into extinction.
Diri, represented by the Deputy Governor, Pastor Peter Pereotubo Akpe, made the call on Saturday at the grand finale of the Ekpetiama Okolede New Yam Festival in Gbarantoru, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
He expressed concern over the fast-declining Ijaw language and traditional farming, which form an integral part of the Izon cultural heritage, due to a preference for foreign ways of life.
The Bayelsa governor listed the training of Ijaw language teachers and compulsory learning of the language in public primary schools across the state as part of deliberate efforts by his administration to prevent the Izon language and culture from going into extinction.
He commended the Ekpetiama people for sustaining
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