The Federal Government on Friday explained why it has refused to engage in talks with the militant Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, in order to get them to put an end to the bombing of oil and gas infrastructure in the oil-rich region.
Speaking while delivering the second foundation lecture of Elizade University, Ilaramokin, Ondo state entitled “The Future is here earlier than we thought”, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said that the militants are not freedom fighters but economic warriors who are fighting for their own private pockets.
He declared that “the so called avengers are not freedom fighters but fighting for their own economic benefits. They are avenging for their private pocket and that is why government is not talking with them.”
While condemning the activities of the militants who claimed responsibility for the vandalization of oil pipelines in the region, the Vice President stated that the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to tackle the menace of pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region.
He went on to state that “the previous government neglected the region for several years, hence the current challenges in the region. The Federal Government has however put machinery in motion to curtail the activities of Niger/Delta Avengers”.
Osinbajo, while lamenting that the activities of the avengers were responsible for the epileptic power supply in the country, noted that state governors are unable to pay workers’ salaries as a result of the low revenue generated in the oil sector caused by the attack on pipelines.
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