The monarch, who was last week installed as the 21st Olu of Warri, stated this while receiving in courtesy the Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, in his palace in Warri on Saturday.
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While conceding that the duo of Buhari and Sylva have the constitutional rights to move to any parts of the country, the youths insisted that “their movement into the six states of the Niger Delta will be welcome with boos and disgraceful jeers due to their show of disregard to the plights and cry of the people of the region over the years”.
Osinbajo, who was represented, stated this on Tuesday at the Sixth Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards.
SCDDD Executive Director, Sani Bala, said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
This brings to 7,913 the total number of beneficiaries of the youth enterprise development programme since inception in 2003.
Abubakar disclosed this at a Town Hall meeting in Abuja, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, on protecting oil and gas infrastructure.
Clark stated that the bill dashed the hopes of the people of the Niger Delta region, adding that it is “satanic, unjust, embarrassing.”
Tompolo made the plea in a statement he signed and made available to journalists on Friday.
Speaking during a courtesy call on him by Niger Delta All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Vanguard, at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Towers, Abuja, on Thursday, Chief Sylva said development can only come to the region in an atmosphere of peace.
Speaking at the Radio Nigeria morning interview program; Politics Nationwide, on Tuesday, Akpabio said,” let me assure my people in the Niger Delta Region that when the report of the Forensic Audit is received by President Muhammadu Buhari, and the NDDC board inaugurated, with guidelines based on the recommendations of the Auditors, we would all be happy for it, because the Commission will become bankable and able to access international loan facilities for development purposes.”
The Senate panel after the investigation based on the 2015 report of Auditor-General of the Federation demanded that the Accounting Officer in the ministry (Permanent Secretary) should be sanctioned.
This formed the core of discussion at the 20th anniversary/General Assembly of WANEP Nigeria, which held on Wednesday in Abuja, with the theme: “20 Years of WANEP Peacebuilding in Nigeria: Galvanising Efforts to Strengthen the Peace and Security Agenda in Nigeria.”
Akpabio indicated this while responding to questions from State House Correspondents after a meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, at the State House.
In statement issued on Thursday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State by the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, the youths also commended the Interim Administrator of the programme, retired Colonel Milland Dikio, over Kemepado’s appointment.
In a press statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, the group, with headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, stated that, “rather than vilify Akpabio for making the trip through the creeks, he should be commended and encouraged to do more for the peace of the region.”
On June 5, Wike committed the amount during the unveiling of construction of two hostel blocks and a 1,500-seat auditorium in the law school.
Apart from my investigative and human interest stories that highlight the depredations of oil exploration on the region’s land, water and air and the concomitant effects on lives and livelihood of the people, I went a step further to lead international media organisations to produce far-reaching and very revealing news features and documentaries to draw attention to the atrocities committed against our people.
The group threatened a showdown with political office holders from the Niger Delta region in the federal cabinet if nothing is done to fast track the development of the region.
Dikio made this known at the graduation of 200 delegates of PAP at Bradama International Skill Works Limited, Agadagba-Obon in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday.
In a statement by its Programme Coordinator, Botti Isaac, entitled: “Plight of Niger Delta Communities: A Call for Justice for Rumuekpe,” the group lamented that the living conditions of residents of the community are fast depleting as the people, who mainly rely on fishing and farming for livelihood, can no longer do so.