At
a time the destruction of oil facilities in the Niger Delta by the
militants crippled crude oil production and power supply, President
Muhammadu Buhari is currently studying the gazette signed by late
President Umaru Yar'Adua on the crisis.
Buhari and Yar'adua
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina, has confirmed on Saturday that the Federal Government was doing
all within its ability to restore peace to the Niger Delta.
According to Sunday Punch, President Muhammadu Buhari is currently
studying the gazette signed by late President Umaru Yar’Adua on the
Niger Delta crisis as one of the possible ways of tackling the renewed
violence being orchestrated by the Niger Delta Avengers in the region.
It was further learnt that the purpose of revisiting the gazette
was to ensure that all the agreements contained in the document were
implemented by the Federal Government.
The presidential spokesman, Adesina listed some of the steps being
taken to ensure peace in the area include consultations and the
revisiting of the document signed by the late President.
“Every effort is being made to restore calmness to the Niger
Delta, including consultation, and taking a fresh look at the gazette
signed by the Umaru Yar’Adua government, so that the agreements
contained therein will be implemented,” the presidential spokesman said.
The Senior Special Assistant to President on National Assembly
Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, had at a press conference on Friday
confirmed that some of officials of the Federal Government were already
holding discussions on how to end the violence.
Enang had said some ministers along with top government officials
from the Niger Delta had opened talks with the governors and aggrieved
people from the region on how to resolve the conflict, adding that the
government was prepared to peacefully resolve the conflict.
He listed Federal Government’s representatives currently engaging
in dialogue with the stakeholders in Niger Delta to include the Minister
of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.); Minister of Niger Delta
Affairs, Usani Uguru; Co-ordinator, Amnesty Office, Gen. Paul Boroh
(retd.) and other ministers from the region.
He said, “The Minister of Niger Delta, the Minister of
Interior, the Coordinator of the Amnesty Office have been taking actions
consistent with their powers and with what I know, almost all the
ministers and officers from the Niger Delta region have returned to
their respective states, zones and blocks to talk to their leaders and
their aggrieved persons on the need for us to maintain peace.
“That is going on and they are the representatives of Mr.
President. I will not tell you what Mr. President wants to do in person
but these are officers and offices which are dealing with this matter.”
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