Ijaw Impact Assembly

  Izon Ebi Association (IEA) of Washington DC Metro area end of year party and celebration. Ijaws in the DC/MD/VA (DMV) metro area.

Currently, the only means of transportation to the Toru-Angiama community is by boat. For someone visiting like me, it sounds adventurous and fun. Until 9pm you want to leave to go get something, and you realize you do need to charter a boat. Besides, the boat was so overloaded with people and goods, the water level to the edge of the boat was too high. Why is a boat the only means to get to this community? I have heard different versions from the community members. One version says the infrastructural company that was hired to build the road had one of its employees kidnapped by the Amnesty Boys. So once the payment was made, completing the road was a dead end. The other version of events I heard was, the community asked the company to pay them some compensation to build a road to them. The company didn't, so they rejected the opportunity. Either way, there is a half-started road that's overrun with shrubs and forestry. In this modern age, there is a community that the only wa