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Osinbajo to visit Niger Delta from Monday to address militants activities - Mhiz Rebecca - 01-14-2017
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo will on Monday
commence a working visit to the Niger Delta region.
Osinbajo’s visit is aimed at reaffirming the readiness
and determination of the President Muhammadu
Buhari’s administration to find a permanent solution to
the crisis in the oil rich region.
The
Vice
President is expected to visit Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers
State respectively during his visit.
Osinbajo, during his visit will interact with leaders and
representatives of oil producing communities with the
aim of finding solution to the crisis in the area.
This was announced by his Senior Special Assistant on
Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande in a statement made
available to DAILY POST, on Saturday.
The statement reads, “In further demonstration of
President Muhammadu Buhari’s readiness and
determination to comprehensively address the Niger
Delta situation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will
be visiting a number of oil communities across some
Niger Delta States starting on Monday, January 16, 2017,
when he travels to Delta State.
“At a
later
date
to be
announced soon, the Vice President, Prof. Osinbajo
would also be visiting Bayelsa and Rivers States.
“At these visits, the Vice President will lead high-level
delegations of the Federal Government that will interact
with leaders and representatives of the oil-producing
communities in continuation of ongoing outreach efforts
of the Buhari administration towards a long lasting and
permanent resolution of the Niger Delta crisis.
“The Buhari presidency is fully committed to having an
effective dialogue and positive engagement that will end
the crisis in the oil-producing areas, and believes that
these visits would further boost the confidence
necessary for the attainment of peace and prosperity in
the areas and the Nigerian nation in general.”