Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has described the death of the late Prof. Nimisoere Dimkpa Briggs as a huge loss to Nigeria and the Ijaw nation in particular.
He said the late scholar was an academic Iroko whose passing has created a yawning gap in the pantheon of the Ijaw ethnic group and Nigeria’s academic greats.
Governor Diri said the Kalabari-born academic, who hails from Abonnema in Rivers state, impacted and inspired a generation and countless others with his outstanding record of achievements.
