A view of the Niger Delta through the lens – Bayelsa Ox-bow Lake in pictures
The Ox-bow Lake is located in Yenegoa, the capital of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. It is a waterfront that presents a coastal view of the capital city, and it has facilities that make it a tourist delight at all times. The lake is cool and calm with a natural mien that makes it suitable for pleasure-seekers and tourists.
It has relaxation facilities for pleasure seekers, grand pavilion and boat club which gives a unique coastal view of the heart of the capital city.
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At the water front, you would be delighted with barbecue grills, polofiyai, a traditional Ijaw recipe, served with garri or starch, comprising periwinkles, plantains, dried fish, and scented leaves in palm oil and onion base. Then, there’s Kekefiyai, a pottage made with chopped unripe plantain, fish, sea food, bush meat and palm oil. Opuru-Fulo, made with lots of lobsters with condiments of smoked fish or fresh fish, spices and eaten with starch, yam, rice or plantain.
So also is pepper soup, highly spicy water-based soup, taken across Nigeria which is claimed to have originated from the Ijaw people, usually served with plantain, yam or rice.
And there is Gbe, the grub from the raffia palm tree beetle, eaten raw, dried or pickled in palm oil.
Aside the delicacies mentioned, Banga soup, a typical Izon meal derived from palm fruits, with the juice extracted with such condiments as fish, Izon spices and served with a variety of grains, eba, starch made from the extracted yam flour is also enjoyed by the people.
The Oxbow Lake is close to the historic 17 story ‘Nigerian Content Tower. The tower building is the headquarters for the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB). It is open for visitation anytime of the day or year, and you only need to visit to enjoy the best that Bayelsa can offer fun-seekers.
See aerial view of the Oxbow Lake captured by GbaramatuVoice team.
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