The people of Finima Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State have been praised for their resilient peaceful posture and communal harmony.

The immediate past Sibidabo (Chairman) of the Asawo of Buoye Omuso Brown Major House of Bonny Kingdom, Tammy Martins-Brown gave this commendation while reacting to the Award of Africa’s Most Hospitable Community of the Year conferred on Finima Community by My Media Africa on Thursday, December 9, 2021 in Lagos.

“For me I dedicate this award to the resilience of the Finima people in maintaining peace and living as brothers and sisters, that is the main reason we were deemed worthy of this award. It is about the people and their way of life.”

“I want to thank everyone in Finima Community, both indigenes and residents and even visitors for identifying with our agelong ethos and way of life, our predisposition to peace, oneness and respect for one another. Thanks for making this Award possible.”

“Though, this isn’t a surprise too because we were taught by our forebears to accommodate strangers and guests and treat them like ourselves. So, this hospitable disposition has been an agelong thing, an Ibani and Finima way of life. We have always been like this and I am happy it has now been recognized globally by virtue of this award.”

He pointed out that the community has been intentional about emplacing structures that have ensured that peace and harmonious living was entrenched in the community, noting that the Finima Youth Congress (FYC) is populated by youths from the Brown, Tobin and Attoni Houses in Finima, same with the Finima Development Committee (FDC), Finima Capacity Development Committee (FCDC), Finima Security Team, and every other institution in the community.

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“You can see the Finima Youth Congress is made up of youths from the three houses; the Finima Capacity Development Committee, Finima Security Team, and other structures set up to maintain the peace is made up of people from the three houses. We have ensured that we carry everyone along and that people respect each other and support each other.”   

The Chartered Personnel and Chartered Human Resources Manager, respectively, asserted that Finima Community currently hosts almost all the multinationals in Bonny LGA, as well as, majority of their staff, and the community has not recorded any incidents where these corporates or individuals have their lives or wellbeing threatened.

He further asserted that as a budding destination of choice for investment and tourism, Finima Community was ready for all imminent development projects such as the deep seaport, rail line, dry dock, and container terminal, among others, assuring would-be investors that the community was the right place to put their resources with certainty of returns on investment (ROI).

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