Niger Delta stakeholders laud Dokubo’s meeting with leaders of ex-agitators
By Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have expressed optimism of sustainable peace in the region with fresh initiatives by the Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Professor Charles Dokubo.
Mr Murphy Ganagana, Special Assistant (Media) to the coordinator, in a statement in Abuja, said that the meeting would further deepen peace and stability in the oil-rich region.
According to Ganagana, the stakeholders also lauded Dokubo for successfully hosting key leaders of ex-agitators of various camps in the Niger Delta at a meeting recently.
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He, however, quoted a community leader, Chief Famous Ayakpo, as saying that the meeting was the first of its kind by the leadership of the Presidential Amnesty Programme since its creation in 2009.
“Since the establishment of the Amnesty Programme, nobody has been able to bring together the major five leaders of ex-agitators to sit and discuss how to keep the peace and move the Niger Delta forward.
“It is an indication of serious interest by the Federal Government to enthrone sustainable peace in the Niger Delta to enhance infrastructural and human capital development as well as job creation for the youths,” he said.
Similarly, Dr Kapwell Omoni, Chairman of the Niger Delta Progressive Initiative, a pan-Niger Delta group, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his choice of Dokubo as Special Adviser on Niger Delta.
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