BEVERLY HILLS, July 08, (THEWILL) – Former federal commissioner for Information and Convener of the Pan Niger Delta Elders’ Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, on Friday commended the militant group, New Delta Avengers, NDA, for heeding his plea by calling off its plan to resume hostilities on June 30 in Delta State.
He went on to urge the federal and state governments to listen to the legitimate complaints of the oil producing communities and take into consideration the reasonable suggestions to alleviate their predicament.
He said in a statement, “My children, the agitated youths of the Niger-Delta, this letter is just to acknowledge your so elaborately expressed respect for my person; hence I am very grateful that you have honoured me, personally, for declaring, so openly, that you would sheathe the sword, replace the gun powder again, while you allow me, through various networks, embark on this urgent and critical assignment you have wisely saddled me with.”
“I use this opportunity to demand both the State and Federal Governments to be keenly sensitive to the nuances of your legitimate grouses and reasonable suggestions for their amelioration. The deterioration, therefore, the gloom of the people of the areas, has been increasing by leaps and bounds, since 2015,” Clark added.
