Niger Delta militant group,
Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, on Monday endorsed President Muhammadu
Buhari’s re-election bid.
RNDA declared that Buhari was the
only President, who has shown practical commitment to peace and willingness to
develop the Niger Delta region.
The militant said they took the
decision to support Buhari at a meeting by the group’s service Commanders in
Benin River of Egbema, Rivers State.
In a statement issued by its
leader, self-styled Maj-Gen, John Mark Ezenobi, RNDA said it reviewed the
activities of past presidents including Goodluck Jonathan and came up with a
verdict that Buhari remained the best among them.
The statement reads, “The RNDA
with the coalition of the nine militant groups in the creeks has endorsed
President Muhammadu Buhari for another term in office.
“This endorsement is because of
the President’s integrity characterized so far in fighting against the menace
of corruption to a standstill in the country because it is corruption and bad
leadership that have contributed to the underdevelopment of the Niger Delta
region and the country at large,
“Buhari-led Federal Government of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) has shown much commitment to address the
under-developmental challenges facing the Niger Delta region for decades caused
by the corrupt previous bad administration of PDP, which wasted 16 years of
governance.
“RNDA note with regret that the
six years administration of former President Good luck ‘Badluck’ Jonathan was
characterized by massive corruption, looting, favouritism and gross
non-supervision of his appointees with no completed project in the
long-neglected region.
“Jonathan’s government took the
people of the Niger Delta and region back to the stone age of under
development”.
“RNDA accepted the Federal
Government’s ceasefire agreement in 2016 for dialogue. This led to the
remarkable and sustained peace process in the region following renewed
destruction and bombing of oil installation and facilities that crippled the
nation’s crude oil output and eventually led to recession.
“Most worrisome and painful is
the fact that Former President Jonathan’s administration goofed on the
development of the region as he was unable to complete the road to his Otuoke
community in Bayelsa State.
“RNDA is pleased with President
Buhari’s willingness and commitment to the development of the Niger Delta since
he came on board in 2015 in spite of the economic recession that greeted the
emergence of his administration as the crude oil price hit an all-time low of
N35 per barrel.
“President Buhari fight against
corruption which was the signpost of the previous PDP administrations clearly
defined his stand on the development of the region.
“We commend him for the smooth
take-off of academic activities at the Nigerian Maritime University,
Okerenkoko, and we commend the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi for
the approval for the dredging of the Escravos River to enable cargo vessels to
access Warri which will, in turn, boost economic activities”.
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