Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on
Thursday night declared that no effort would be spared to implement the new
vision for the Niger Delta.
Stressing that the Federal
Government has been committed to the vision, he said the government would be
fair to all parties towards implementation of the vision.
He stated these during over three
hours closed doors meeting with members of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF)
at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
In a statement issued by his
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the acting
President endorsed the integration of PANDEF in the Federal Government’s
Inter-Ministerial Group tasked with the implementation of the vision
According to him, the federal
government is fully committed to realising a new and prosperous Niger Delta
developed through forthright partnerships between federal government, state
governments, private sector and local communities.
He said: “We are fully committed
and thankful for your contributions and feedback. We are working on this day by
day. From the beginning, we took the 16-point demand very seriously and we also
developed our own plan mostly based on those demands.
“Personally, I believe the issues
of the Niger Delta must be addressed. When I undertook the visit to the Niger
Delta region, my sole intention for participating in this process is that we
need forthrightness and a hands-on approach.
“There is no week that has passed
that I have not held one meeting or the other on the Niger Delta issue. I have
spent quality time looking at how we can implement this (new vision).
“It can’t be done overnight. We
are also looking at the integrity of the process so we can meet our targets. We
are not out of line. Everything is on course the way we set it out. We have got
to do it right.”
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