Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and
his Sokoto State counterpart, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal have said dialogue rather
than violent agitations would bring about speedy development of the country.
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| Governor Okowa of delta state (left) with Governor Tambuwal of Sokoto State at the Delta State economic summit in Asaba. |
The two governors
made the submission Saturday (27/08/16) in Asaba during the second day of the
Delta State Economic and Investment Summit.
According to the
governors during the summit which was organised as part of activities to
celebrate the silver jubilee of the state’s creation, the security challenges
in the Niger Delta region in particular could not have degenerated to the
situation where the country was losing huge revenue as a result of destruction
of pipelines if the people involved had applied dialogue, noting that the
region has great potentials for growth when the resources of the region is
harnessed which can only be done in a peaceful environment.
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| Governor Tambuwal (right) about to shake hands with Air commander Ibrahim Kefas a former military administrator of Delta state. |
“I bring you
felicitations from the Nigeria Governors Forum on your state’s silver
jubilee celebration, Delta State is known for peace, and a lot can be achieved
when dialogue is applied; I want to call on the youths of the Niger Delta
Region to embrace dialogue and peace in their agitations, let us have dialogue
on the various issues affecting the region; we need peace and tranquility in
the country so that we can harness all our resources for development; I urge
the youths of the Niger Delta to engage the Federal Government through dialogue
so that solutions can be found,” Hon. Tambuwal said.
Governor Okowa on
his part said “we seek peaceful environment from our people, so that a lot of
development can take place; we need to cooperate with ourselves so that we can
right the wrongs of the past.”
“A lot of the
investment community are ready to partner with us to develop the state, but, we
need to ensure that we sustain the peace and security in our communities so
that investors can come in; it is not wrong to agitate but we can do that
through dialogue, we will get better result when we agitate through dialogue,”
the governor emphasized.
He assured the
people of the state especially the participants of the summit that government
would take all necessary measures to implement its resolutions asserting, “the
presentation at the summit gives us hope for the future, this summit would not
end up as a mere talk show; I have instructed my executive council that all the
suggestions and resolutions at this summit should be brought up at a
special Executive Council Meeting within the next two weeks so that we can
begin to implement them.”
While commending
all the participants especially the former administrators and governors of the
state for charting the way forward for the state, the governor called for the
cooperation of all to provide an enabling environment for investment to thrive.
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