AMNESTY COORDINATOR VISITS COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN EDO STATE …TELLS EX-AGITATORS TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES IN SECURING OIL AND GAS INSTALLATIONS IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and
Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh
(Rtd) has urged Ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region to work with communities
in protecting national economic assets, such as oil and gas pipelines and other
government installations located in the region, in
line with the federal government’s new vision for the region, adding that the
Amnesty programme which in its reintegration phase, has succeeded in bringing
peace stability to allow for sustainable development to take place in the
region.
Gen. Boroh who made the call during a town hall meeting with key
stakeholders from across Ijaw communities in Olodiama Clan at Gelegele
Community in Ovia North Local Government Area of Edo state yesterday (Thursday,
September 7, 2017), maintained that the federal government is committed to the
sustainable peace and development in the Niger Delta region, adding that that
the involvement of youths in the security and survelliance of oil and gas
installations is aimed at ending incessant attacks on oil and gas installations
in the Niger Delta region.
The Amnesty boss explained that the modalities for the formal
engagement of youths in oil and gas pipelines security, among other national economic
assets in the region, was being discussed at very high levels of government,
informing that the schedule for sensitization of stakeholders on the security
of pipelines was also being worked out by the appropriate government agency for
implementation soon.
Gen, Boroh disclosed that the feasibility study for a National
Gas Flare Commercialization Programme has been approved by the Federal
Executive Council, in line with the United Nations-Paris Agreement on Gas
Flare, saying that the first phase of the programme would focus on 48
identified onshore gas flaring sites in the Niger Delta region, as according to
him, the programme is intended to convert gas being flared into both cooking
and electricity, among other industrial uses.
The Special Adviser explained further that “through the
programme, about 6million households in the Niger Delta region will have access
to clean energy.
“It is projected to create 25,000 direct jobs and 300,000
indirect jobs through the multiplier effect. The programme is a private sector
driven one and investors are encouraged to key into it.
The highpoint of Gen. Boroh’s to the coastal Ijaw communities in
Edo state, were the offer of prayers for President Buhari and the Amnesty boss
by the Pere of Olodiama Kingdom, HRH Alawei Wilson G Kororo, the Alagbalabinafa
III and donation and commissioning of a borehole to Gelegele community by Gen.
Boroh.
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