Youth
By Victoria Frances
THE Coalition of Ex-agitators of Niger delta (CEND), has apologized unequivocally to Samuel Ogbuku, managing director of the Niger Delta Development, NDDC,
and retract its earlier published five-day ultimatum to vacate the commission or face the wrath of the ex-agitators.
The statement jointly signed by Gershom M Gbobo, national coordinator and Ellington Bakumor, spokesman, CEND, said, “the earlier statement was hasty and not intended to ridicule the hard earned reputation of the person of MD of NDDC Dr Samuel Ogbuku who has made a lot of sacrifices for the region from his early days till date.”
CEND made the apology through a statement made available to Realnews, stating that “In spite of all these the boss Dr Samuel Ogbuku who value and holds Niger delta youths in high esteem graciously forgave us and gave a listening ear to our concerns and cause of earlier agitation like a true father leader.”
According to the statement, “We are glad to inform you that the Nddc boss Dr Samuel Ogbuku hold no ill feelings towards the ex-agitators and as a man of his words has pledged that the commission will sponsor the training of Niger delta youths and has also rolled out different empowerment programs for the region , he has also promised to partner with the Amnesty office to ensure Ex agitators are properly reintegrated to society through entrepreneurship empowerment and other programs.
“We the coalition of ex-agitators of Niger delta, is hereby appealing to youths of the region to Sheath their sword and give the Dr Samuel Ogbuku led Nddc board administration their support and assistance to actualize the set targets, for the development of the area and human capacity building, this is no longer the time to pull down our own .
“We as a coalition will from henceforth support and give the necessary assistance to your administration.”
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– Aug. 05, 2023 @ 05:32 GMT |
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