{"id":4564,"date":"2025-08-01T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/delta-activist-mulade-urges-ethnic-groups-to-embrace-development\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:51:32","slug":"delta-activist-mulade-urges-ethnic-groups-to-embrace-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/delta-activist-mulade-urges-ethnic-groups-to-embrace-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Activist Mulade Urges Ethnic Groups To Embrace Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Esther David<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delta State-born renowned peace and development advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff, has called on the various ethnic nationalities in the state to embrace development for the benefits of all Deltans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations Peace ambassador and environmental rights activist made the appeal to particularly the Urhobos, the Itsekiris, and the Ijaws, who he said are the livewire of the state economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, &#8220;We cannot continue to fight ourselves, oppose development, and chase away investors that will create employment opportunities for our teeming youths because of selfish interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I want to strongly appeal and advise our revered traditional rulers and political leaders to shun hatred and embrace peace, unity, and development for the interest and progress of our dire state,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mulade, who is the Ibe Serimowei of the ancient Gbaramatu Kingdom and the National Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) assured that both the president and state government are committed to attracting investors to the state<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is pertinent to state that the current Federal Government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR and the State Government led by Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori are doing everything humanly possible to attract investors to the state through the ongoing state projects and federal presence,&#8221; the CEPEJ Boss stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mulade, the big three ethnic groups in the State need to unite and play strategic roles that will aid the federal and state government to deliver democratic dividends to the people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Delta State is blessed with abundance of human capital and natural endowments. Rather than fighting ourselves, let us harness the potentials of influence across the State to support the Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for Deltans to enjoy the dividend of democracy as the economic live wire of Nigeria,&#8221; he counseled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Esther David Delta State-born renowned peace and development advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff, has called&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[1308],"class_list":["post-4564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-delta-activist-mulade-urges-ethnic-groups-to-embrace-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_1547-2-1.jpg?fit=128%2C160&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4640,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/niger-delta-peace-advocate-and-activist-mulade-sheriff-honoured-with-ph-d-in-international-relations\/","url_meta":{"origin":4564,"position":0},"title":"Niger Delta Peace Advocate And Activist, Mulade Sheriff, Honoured With Ph.D In International Relations.","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"August 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Uche Alvin Renowned Delta State-born peace and development advocate, Comrade (Chief) Mulade Sheriff, has earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in International Relations from the prestigious Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka. 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