Seigha Manija, the chairman of Niger Delta
Nationalities Forum and member of Ijaw
Elders’ Forum has advised President
Muhammadu Buhari on what he should do to
resolve the renewed militancy in the Niger
Delta region.
He speculated that the reduction of
budgetary allocation to PAP from N60billion
to N20billion in this 2016 budget, the near
omission of the Lagos-Calabar rail project
and the announcement that the Maritime
University in the riverine Niger Delta has
been cancelled may be part of the reasons
why the new militant group is blowing up oil
facilities in the Niger Delta region.
Proferring solution on the way forward, he
said the president should convene a Niger
Delta youth summit and use the platform to
assuage the fears of the people in the
region.
Manija also asked Buhari to pay former
president Goodluck Jonathan a courtesy visit
just to say thank you for respecting the
wishes of the majority of voters during the
2015 presidential election.
According to him, the government sees the
Niger Delta Avengers as criminals just as
many commentators do and the Avengers
also see this government as wicked and
undermining the Niger Delta region.
He said the heavy presence of military men
in the Niger Delta region is good and bad.
“ It is bad in the sense that the more the
military come, the more the resolve of the
youth or some criminals, who feel challenged
to do their worst as a test of their capacity
and knowledge of the environment. It is also
good in the sense that it affords Nigerians
from other region the opportunity to begin to
appreciate the plight and challenges of the
Niger Delta region ,” Manija said.
Details on Vanguard .
Nationalities Forum and member of Ijaw
Elders’ Forum has advised President
Muhammadu Buhari on what he should do to
resolve the renewed militancy in the Niger
Delta region.
He speculated that the reduction of
budgetary allocation to PAP from N60billion
to N20billion in this 2016 budget, the near
omission of the Lagos-Calabar rail project
and the announcement that the Maritime
University in the riverine Niger Delta has
been cancelled may be part of the reasons
why the new militant group is blowing up oil
facilities in the Niger Delta region.
Proferring solution on the way forward, he
said the president should convene a Niger
Delta youth summit and use the platform to
assuage the fears of the people in the
region.
Manija also asked Buhari to pay former
president Goodluck Jonathan a courtesy visit
just to say thank you for respecting the
wishes of the majority of voters during the
2015 presidential election.
According to him, the government sees the
Niger Delta Avengers as criminals just as
many commentators do and the Avengers
also see this government as wicked and
undermining the Niger Delta region.
He said the heavy presence of military men
in the Niger Delta region is good and bad.
“ It is bad in the sense that the more the
military come, the more the resolve of the
youth or some criminals, who feel challenged
to do their worst as a test of their capacity
and knowledge of the environment. It is also
good in the sense that it affords Nigerians
from other region the opportunity to begin to
appreciate the plight and challenges of the
Niger Delta region ,” Manija said.
Details on Vanguard .
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