A Leader of the Coalition of
Niger Delta ex-Agitators, Comrade Steve Ebisintei, has urged Nigerians to
support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019.
Ebisintei also urged Niger Delta
ex-agitators under phases one, two and three of the Presidential Amnesty
Programme to support Buhari in order to enable the President complete what he
started in the region.
Ebisintei gave this advice on
Monday in Abuja, NAN reports.
He argued that stakeholders must
rally round the reelection project of Buhari to enable the region benefit from
the numerous programmes and projects of the president.
Ebisintei said: “President Buhari
remains the only president since the return of democracy in 1999 who has
initiated projects and programmes that are directly beneficial to the people of
the Niger Delta.
“Not supporting the re-election
of Buhari will only hurt the region more as many of the ongoing projects in the
area may likely stop.
“Without equivocation, I can tell
you that more than ever before, the Federal Government under President Buhari
has paid more attention to our devastated region than any other government at
least since 1999.
“Today, modular refineries, which
when completed will take over from illegal refiners and create jobs for our
teeming youths are ongoing in the region.
“The East-West road, which had
prior to now remained in the pipelines, has been progressing with appreciable
speed and the Petroleum University at Okerenkoko in Delta is progressing in
good measure.
“The Amnesty programme has been
revived and expanded in the interest of youths of our region; it is the only
programme that is targeted at the youth and it is evident that Prof. Dokubo has
integrated more youths into the programme than any other Amnesty boss before
him.
“Because of the sterling
performance of Buhari’s administration in the area of peace-building, which has
resulted in decrease in the spate of militancy in the region, the dark days of
avengers and other militant groups in the region are in the past.
“All these achievements can be
traced to the Midas touch of Prof. Quaker Dokubo and therefore, we as a region
must encourage the amnesty boss by supporting Buhari.”
Ebisintei however cautioned politicians
from the region to avoid misleading youths for their own selfish political
gains ahead of the 2019 elections
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