- Chief Edwin Clark gave the federal government seven days ultimatum to constitute negotiation team in the Niger Delta region
- Clark said that the government should do the needful since the boys are impatient and they have been disturbing him over the negotiation
Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) Chief Edwin Clark, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari's government to constitute a negotiation team to engage in talks with region’s stakeholders before August 1.
Reports have it that Clark warned that the youths of the region were becoming impatient over delay in the talks.
NAIJ.com gathered that the Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum revealed that he has been receiving telephone calls over the the negotiation.
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He however said that since the November 1, 2016 meeting, PANDEF has not met with the government.
Clark said:“They said the school will resume this year, July is almost ending, when will the staff be employed, what is the situation?
“So, between now and August 1, we are asking Mr. President to name a team and we will name our team because the boys are impatient and they have been disturbing me with telephone messages and some of them have even issued notices to disown us.
“We cannot be in a situation where the federal government is not listening to us, our boys will soon lose confidence in us and we cannot carry on with that situation. So we are asking the acting president to open discussion with us.”
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Meanwhile, an environmental activist from the Niger Delta, Annkio Briggs, has lamented current system in Nigeria, saying the North was highly favoured in scheme of arrangement.
She said the region has more local governments, more lawmakers, among others, adding that the North clearly has the upper hand in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the federal government concluded plans to hold talks with key opinion leaders and traditional rulers in the Niger Delta in two weeks time.
The minister of state for petroleum, Dr Emmanuel Kachikwu has already reached out to the leaders in the Niger Delta to assure them of the government's commitment to resolve the crisis in the region.
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