By Soni Daniel
Abuja—Anxious over the need for sustained peace in the Niger
Delta Region for steady oil production, the Federal Government has begun what
it calls Quick Impact Projects especially in the creeks of the Region.
The development follows specific directives handed down to
relevant Government Agencies involved in the development of the Region by
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on the heels of his peace meetings with key stakeholders
in the area.
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| Special Adviser to the President on Amnesty, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) |
Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and
Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh
(rtd), who disclosed this during an interaction with newsmen in Abuja,
yesterday, named the oil-bearing communities of Gelegele and Gbaramatu Kingdom
in Edo and Delta States, respectively, as some of the immediate beneficiaries
of the Federal Government’s programmes.
In the same vein, the Amnesty Office has also begun the
training of no fewer than 200 youths at the Samson Siasia-run Sia One Academy
to extend the frontiers of peace in the Region through sporting activities like
football, boxing, weightlifting and track events.
Boroh explained that Niger Delta youths will benefit from the
sports programme which began three weeks ago in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
Boroh said: “We are
looking at critical quick impact projects to be established in the creeks of
the Niger Delta as one of the fallouts of the visit of the acting president to
the Niger Delta. “
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