There’s a bright
lining on the horizon for the Ndokwa nation, one of Nigeria's foremost oil and gas
producing ethnic nationalities located in Delta State, as the Minority Leader
of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has taken up the
grievances and demands of the youth wing of Ndokwa Neku Union (NNU), the
socio/cultural umbrella body of Ndokwa nation, with the Group Managing Director
of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Making this known in a
statement on Wednesday, July 29th, 2020, the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives said that having obtained and seen the grievances of the Ndokwa
Nation as articulated by the Youth wing of Ndokwa Neku, he personally presented
the youths’ demand to the GMD, who promised to facilitate measures towards
ensuring that their grievances are looked into with a view to coming to an
amicable resolution.
Elumelu said that the
request of the Ndokwa People of Delta State are germane and in consonance with
their constitutional right as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, even as he described them as peaceful and highly
resourceful people who have continued to demonstrate love and sanctity of the
unity of the country.
The Minority Leader
called on the youths to continue to eschew violence, and while assuring
them that with dialogue and positive engagement, their request and
agitations would be addressed and resolved with positive results which will
translate to immense benefits for the people of Ndokwa Nation and the Country
in general, stressed that violent agitation in any form has its negative
repercussions not only to the people, but to the fragile economic structure of
the country.
“The demands of the
people of Ndukwa Nation of Delta State are genuine and in order. I personally
brought it to the notice of the Group Managing Director of NNPC and I must say
he took a critical look at the positions of the people as articulated by the
Youth wing of their umbrella body.
“My interaction with
the GMD on their agitations was frank and I am happy to let the good people of
Ndokwa nation know, that the GMD has promised in all fairness to look into
their grievances with a view to following up,” the Minority Leader stated.
He commended the Delta
State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for his massive infrastructural and
human capital developmental strides in the state and while noting that landmark
people oriented projects are still ongoing without abating in the State,
despite the negative implications of Covid-19 to the economy, said that the
Governor has continued to demonstrate faith in his determination to sustain the
peace, prosperity and unity that exists in the State, in line with his stronger
Delta Agenda.
He therefore urged all
to maintain the peace Delta State is presently enjoying, saying that worthwhile
development cannot thrive in an atmosphere of rancour and violence.
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