Leaders of the Niger Delta region under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta
Elders Forum (PANDEF), on Thursday night withdrew the November 1
ultimatum issued to the Federal Government to implement its 16-point
agenda.
Briefing journalists after the meeting with the Acting President Yemi
Osinbajo, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu said all
the contentious issues were resolved.
According to him, “Several issues were discussed issues relating to
University at Okerenkeko, issues related to development in Niger Delta
generally, issues related to the amnesty program and how well it is
working, issues related to NDDC operations in Niger Delta.
“It was very exhaustive, we looked at the 16 point agenda how far we have gone.
“Today was environment of peace, calm friendliness and mutual
dialoguing of issues so that they will understand where we are coming
from and some of the most pressing concerns that they have.
“Obviously PANDEF as a very responsible organisation always alerts us
where there is an alarm bell that is going on. I think I see the
ultimatum more in terms of alarm bell. Small urgency that is required to
do certain things. It is not an alarm in the sense of we are going to
pull off the top relationship.
“They did in fact placed their loyalty and their willingness to work
with us to find solutions to the problems and the Acting President took
notes of them.
“It wasn’t an ultimatum it was a warning for the needs of urgency.
The alarm is that we need to hurry up with a lot of problems, people are
frustrated, people are tired. People want to see positive action in all
the problems.
“They probably think that we are not fast as we should be.”
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