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Niger Delta leaders give FG three months to restructure Nigeria The Punch
Published 26 June 2021
Niger Delta leaders have issued a three-month ultimatum to the Federal Government to restructure the country and convene a national dialogue comprising representatives of ethnic groups in order to chart a new course for the country.
This position was contained in a communique issued at the end of a South-South zonal conference held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday.
The conference which has critical stakeholders and representatives of ethnic nationalities in the region was organised by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development in partnership with Agape Birthrights Development Initiative.
Niger Delta leaders have given the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government a three-month ultimatum to restructure Nigeria.
Leaders of the oil rich region also charged the Federal Government to convene a national dialogue within the time frame.
The ultimatum was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a South-South zonal conference on restructuring held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
They threatened to actualise their freedom if the government failed to meets their demands at the end of the ultimatum.
According to the communiqué, the Niger Delta leaders also called for the devolution of powers to the states.
The communiqué read: “We the people of the Niger Delta hereby give the Government of Nigeria a three months window, within which to cordially address our concerns towards re-federalising the polity, by convening a national dialogue of the representatives of the ethnic groups in Nigeria to chart a new course for the country.
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