A Socio-Political group, Assembly of Concern Niger Delta People (ACNDP), has appealed to President Muhammaudu Buhari to appoint his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, as special envoy to Niger Delta.
National Coordinator of the group, Eperemor Governor, made the appeal in a statement on Thursday in Benin.
According to him, the appointment will
help to reduce the present hostility by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA),
which has been responsible for the blowing-up of oil installations in
the region.
He said that as an indigene of the area,
and former governor of Bayelsa, the former president would help to
bridge the gap between the region and the Federal Government.
Governor, however, condemned the spate
of pipeline bombings by the avengers, adding that the bombings were not
only affecting the nation economically but degradation the soil of the
region.
He reminded the NDA that while the
country was suffering the effect of their activities, the environment of
the region they claimed to represent was also being destroyed.
He, therefore, urged members of the
group to channel their grievances to appropriate authorities rather than
destroying the country’s commonwealth
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