BEVERLY HILLS, May 16, (THEWILL) -The interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Miland Dikio (rtd), has charged the youth of the Niger Delta to deploy a civilised approach in the course of their agitation for development of the oil rich region.
The Amnesty boss gave the advice on Friday during the inauguration of the Eighth Executive Council of the ljaw National Congress (INC) at the ljaw House in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
Stating that agitation for one’s fundamental rights was normal, Dikio urged the aggrieved people of the Niger Delta, especially the youths, to use modern means to go about the struggle so they could attract Federal Government’s attention.
He said: “My advice to all of you is that we should and must adopt a new approach to advocacy. By that approach, l mean promoting excellence.
“We live in a Federation of so many moving parts. So, it behoves on us to strategise by networking and forming partnerships across the various ethnic nationalities.”
The Amnesty helmsman, while felicitating with the newly inaugurated INC executives, promised to lend his support in advancing the interest of the Ijaw nation worldwide.
The INC inauguration event had the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, traditional rulers and other eminent sons of the ljaw nation in attendance.
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