The Minister for Information and Culture with the Minister of State
for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Monday, said the Federal Government is
considering opening a robust dialogue with the Niger-Delta militants on
the need to stop militancy in the oil rich region.
The duo who spoke an interactive session with a coalition of civil
societies in Lagos, chaired by Dr. Moses Ilo, founder of the Pentecostal
Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, stressed that nefarious activities of
militants is currently sabotaging efforts being made by the government
to revamp the nation’s economy.
Mohammed while lamenting the situation said there was no other
solution to the issues happening in Niger Delta other than engaging them
in meaningful dialogue.
According to Kachikwu the government has come to realize that rolling
out military tanks against the militants would not solve the problem.
“The military barrels cannot stop or solve problem of militancy in
the Niger–Delta region. I will have to go back to my brothers, they are
our brothers we will go and dialogue with them,” Kachikwu said.
He said the continued audit of the country’s daily fuel consumption
resulted in weeding out 10 million liters of fake petroleum products
that was daily subsidized by the previous administration.
Kachikwu lamented that the fund spent in subsidizing the pretentious
consumption daily could have been used by the Federal Government to fix
the refineries, roads and other basic amenities across the country which
would have helped improve the Nigeria’s economy.
Via NaijaLoaded
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