From left; Representative of the President,and Chief of Staff to the President, Amb.Ibrahim Gambari; River State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike; his Delta counterparts, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Udom Emmanuel of Akwa-Ibom State and Bayelsa Governor, Senator Douye Diri, during the South-South Leaders Meeting with the Presidential delegation held in Government House, Port Harcourt. Teusday 24/11/20. PIX: JIBUNOR SAMUEL.
The leaders also demanded the privatisation of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries after several failed turn-around maintenance attempts. They also called for the completion of the abandoned Gas Revolution Industrial Park at Ogidigben and the stepping down of electricity at the Okpai and Utorogu gas plants.
“Our youths took to the streets to express their bitterness on ill-treatment meted out to them by the police and the President, recognising the importance of the demands made by the protesters agreed to implement the five demands.“All over the world, people have right to protest but in doing so, the respect for law and order must be adhered to and they must also respect the rights of others.
He assured that all constitutional issues canvassed would be addressed by the Constitution Review Committee and urged the governors to prevail on their Houses of Assemblies to give the necessary concurrence at the appropriate time.
About time , hopefully it will lead to transparency on their part and stop lining their pockets with federal fund for infrastructure and then crying about marginalization of their constituency.
We all need it and it's not really a big deal: let them work thru the NASS to achieve it. Constitutional provisions are not declarations by fiat....
Na now una wake from sleep. The north will never give it to u, take it or leave it.
That's never too much to asked, going forward if Nigeria must be ready to sustain political ad economic stability where the govt can properly underlay the issues of resource control, total devolution of power among several others, Nigeria may face internal crisis.
It's all we ask.
Restructuring good morning.
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