•Annkio Briggs Niger Delta human rights activist, Ann-Kio Briggs, has faulted President Bola Tinubu for scrapping the Ministry of Niger Delta. The environmentalist was a guest on Channels TV today. “The Ministry of Niger Delta was created by the late (President Umaru) Yar’Adua. There was a reason for the creation. So, just removing it because ...
•Tinubu The scrapping of the Niger Delta Ministry raised mixed reactions in the polity, yesterday, with a host of Niger Delta leaders and activists kicking against the move as the federal government explained that the ministry was renamed and not scrapped. Elder Statesman and Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, said Niger Delta people would not [&...
•Tinubu and Bassey A renowned Nigerian architect and environmental activist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has said that scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta Development by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is insensitive. The founder of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, an environmental think tank and advocacy organisation, said this in a chat with T...
•Clark and Tinubu Elder statesman and Convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has expressed his dismay over the recent decision of the Tinubu-led Federal Executive Council to scrap the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. In a phone conversation today, Clark described the move as unjustified and detrimental to the region’s develo...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council have announced the scrapping of the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. According to a tweet by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, today, the decision was reached during the FEC meeting held in Abuja yesterday. ...
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