Standup9ja - Niger Delta deserves fair deal - Osinbajo
The Federal Government has again admitted that oil-producing
communities of the Niger Delta deserve a better deal. Speaking at the State
House in Abuja yesterday while meeting with some ministers and heads of
agencies and departments, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the suffering of
the people of the region was due to past leadership failure.
He said: “The president believes the people of the Niger
Delta deserve justice, and for me also it is a very important point. The state
of the region and the suffering of the people do not reflect the fact that it
is the resource base of the country.” The Minister of State for Environment,
Ibrahim Jibrin, informed participants of the meeting about the engagement of
the Ogoni clean-up project coordinator, Dr. Marvin Dekil, a native of Ogoni.
The minister also disclosed that potential contractors had
been visiting the site to demonstrate available and suitable technology to be
used for the exercise.
The leader of the delegation, the Dutch envoy, John C.M.
Groffen, said countries represented at the meeting would like to “stay involved
in the dialogue.”
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