– The minister of state for petroleum Ibe Kachikwu is currently battling get to Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to accept that they would no longer blow up pipelines in the Niger Delta region
– The NDA says it would not allow repair works on damaged pipelines during the negotiations with the federal government
– Kachikwu has implored stakeholders to persuade the militants to allow repair work on oil installations while the negotiations go on
The Niger Delta Avengers say it would not allow repair works on damaged pipelines during the negotiations with the federal government.
The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is in dilemma on how to dissuade the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) from carrying out further attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region, while it tries to broker a dialogue with stakeholders.
Vanguard reports that the minister of state for petroleum Ibe Kachikwu is currently battling get militants to accept that they would no longer blow up pipelines after repairs by the oil companies are carried on the oil installations. The NDA said it would not allow repair works on damaged pipelines during the negotiations with the federal government.
The spokesperson for the group Col Mudoch Agbinibo, warned that: “We are going to redirect and reactivate all our activities if the government, oil companies and their service firms refuse to abide by our modest warnings not to carry out any repair works and suspend the sale of crude oil from our region as we await the right atmosphere that will engender genuine dialogue.” However, Kachikwu has implored stakeholders to persuade the militants to allow repair work on oil installations while the negotiations go on.
“The minister was eager to ensure that Niger Delta Avengers allow the oil companies to repair the damaged pipelines and begged us to talk to them, as if we (leaders) are part of the militants,” a stakeholder, who attended a closed-door meeting with Kachikwu at Asaba on Wednesday, June 15, told Vanguard. “Well, we saw his predicament and it was in the communique that the militant groups should allow the oil companies to effect repairs of damaged oil and gas facilities because that is the major problem at the moment,” he added. Meanwhile, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, a former presidential adviser, said she will partake in negotiations for peace with the Niger Delta militants only if credible Nigerians were involved. Ita-Giwa was reacting to reports that she had agreed to join the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta for a peace talk with the federal government. In a statement released on Wednesday, June 15, she said she will be willing to be part of the dialogue for the benefit of the Niger Delta people, The Punch reports.
– The NDA says it would not allow repair works on damaged pipelines during the negotiations with the federal government
– Kachikwu has implored stakeholders to persuade the militants to allow repair work on oil installations while the negotiations go on
The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is in dilemma on how to dissuade the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) from carrying out further attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region, while it tries to broker a dialogue with stakeholders.
Vanguard reports that the minister of state for petroleum Ibe Kachikwu is currently battling get militants to accept that they would no longer blow up pipelines after repairs by the oil companies are carried on the oil installations. The NDA said it would not allow repair works on damaged pipelines during the negotiations with the federal government.
The spokesperson for the group Col Mudoch Agbinibo, warned that: “We are going to redirect and reactivate all our activities if the government, oil companies and their service firms refuse to abide by our modest warnings not to carry out any repair works and suspend the sale of crude oil from our region as we await the right atmosphere that will engender genuine dialogue.” However, Kachikwu has implored stakeholders to persuade the militants to allow repair work on oil installations while the negotiations go on.
“The minister was eager to ensure that Niger Delta Avengers allow the oil companies to repair the damaged pipelines and begged us to talk to them, as if we (leaders) are part of the militants,” a stakeholder, who attended a closed-door meeting with Kachikwu at Asaba on Wednesday, June 15, told Vanguard. “Well, we saw his predicament and it was in the communique that the militant groups should allow the oil companies to effect repairs of damaged oil and gas facilities because that is the major problem at the moment,” he added. Meanwhile, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, a former presidential adviser, said she will partake in negotiations for peace with the Niger Delta militants only if credible Nigerians were involved. Ita-Giwa was reacting to reports that she had agreed to join the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta for a peace talk with the federal government. In a statement released on Wednesday, June 15, she said she will be willing to be part of the dialogue for the benefit of the Niger Delta people, The Punch reports.
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