The Minister for Information and Culture with
the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe
Kachikwu, Monday, said the Federal
Government is considering opening a robust
dialogue with the Niger-Delta militants on the
need to stop militancy in the oil rich region.
The duo who spoke an interactive session
with a coalition of civil societies in Lagos,
chaired by Dr. Moses Ilo, founder of the
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN,
stressed that nefarious activities of militants is
currently sabotaging efforts being made by the
government to revamp the nation’s economy.
Mohammed while lamenting the situation said
there was no other solution to the issues
happening in Niger Delta other than engaging
them in meaningful dialogue.
According to Kachikwu the government has
come to realize that rolling out military tanks
against the militants would not solve the
problem.
“The military barrels cannot stop or solve
problem of militancy in the Niger–Delta
region. I will have to go back to my brothers,
they are our brothers we will go and dialogue
with them,” Kachikwu said.
He said the continued audit of the country’s
daily fuel consumption resulted in weeding
out 10 million liters of fake petroleum
products that was daily subsidized by the
previous administration.
Kachikwu lamented that the fund spent in
subsidizing the pretentious consumption daily
could have been used by the Federal
Government to fix the refineries, roads and
other basic amenities across the country
which would have helped improve the
Nigeria’s economy.
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