Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is now to head the special presidential delegation which has the task of resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta region.
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The vice president, who led the country while President Muhammadu Buhari was away on medical vacation, had visited almost all the states under the Niger Delta in an effort to restore peace in the formerly troubled region.
Premium Times reports that the special adviser to President Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, retired Brigadier-General Paul Boroh, revealed this in Abuja on Monday, March 13, 2017.
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According to Boroh, Osinbajo was picked as the leader of the government’s fact-finding delegation to the crisis-ridden region because of Buhari’s strategic plan to engender peace in the region.
Boroh said Osinbajo’s new task will meet Buhari’s expectations of not only building confidence among the people concerning the intentions of the government, but also help with workable and lasting solution.
“President Buhari knew what he was doing when he directed the Vice President to head the delegation.
“You need to see him in action when he visited different communities in the oil-producing states.
“There is no doubt that the president knows that peace in the Niger Delta region is crucial to the development of the entire country,” Boroh said.
The president’s aide further said: “So far, we have visited Akwa Ibom, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers and Imo states.
“The next phase will be Cross River, Abia and Ondo states.
“By that, we would have covered the entire Niger Delta states.
“This visit is in two folds.
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“It is both a confidence-building and a fact-finding mission because a lot of information has been heard about the Niger Delta but no single person can claim to know all about the Niger Delta.
“It requires effort by all stakeholders toward ensuring that issues of the Niger delta are resolved.”
He further explained that efforts were on to pay beneficiaries of the amnesty programme studying abroad.
