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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to personally meet with Niger Delta elders, stakeholders and governors for peace talks aimed at ending the attack on oil facilities in the area, The Nation reports.
According to President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),UdensEradiri, the presidency had contacted elders and stakeholders to inform them of Buhari’s intention to talk peace.
"..I heard from the grapevine, from one of our foremost governors and leader of Ijaw land this morning (yesterday) when he said they had been invited by the President for an engagement with respect to the Niger Delta crises.
“So, I want to commend the President for hearing our cries and for taking the right approach because there is no other approach than what the President has decided to do.
“Therefore we thank God Mr. President will be coming out boldly to address the issues and body language will no longer be misrepresented.
“We want to thank the president for that bold step and look forward to the right leaders going to sit down with the President to properly articulate the position of Niger Delta”.
He did not say when the meeting might take place but stated that stakeholders would meet shortly on the crisis and deliberate on the way forward.
According to President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),UdensEradiri, the presidency had contacted elders and stakeholders to inform them of Buhari’s intention to talk peace.
"..I heard from the grapevine, from one of our foremost governors and leader of Ijaw land this morning (yesterday) when he said they had been invited by the President for an engagement with respect to the Niger Delta crises.
“So, I want to commend the President for hearing our cries and for taking the right approach because there is no other approach than what the President has decided to do.
“Therefore we thank God Mr. President will be coming out boldly to address the issues and body language will no longer be misrepresented.
“We want to thank the president for that bold step and look forward to the right leaders going to sit down with the President to properly articulate the position of Niger Delta”.
He did not say when the meeting might take place but stated that stakeholders would meet shortly on the crisis and deliberate on the way forward.
