President Muhammadu Buhari is currently studying the gazette signed by late President Umaru Yar’Adua on the Niger Delta crisis as one of the possible ways of tackling the renewed violence being orchestrated by the Niger Delta Avengers in the region, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt.

The purpose of revisiting the gazette, it was further learnt, was to ensure that all the agreements contained in the document were implemented by the Federal Government.

The development is coming at a time the destruction of oil facilities in the Niger Delta by the militants has crippled crude oil production and power supply.

By Friday, power generation was said to have dropped to 2,832.5MW because of the attacks.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, confirmed to our correspondent on Saturday that the Federal Government was doing all within its ability to restore peace to the Niger Delta.

Adesina listed some of the steps being taken to include consultations and the revisiting of the document signed by the late President.

“Every effort is being made to restore calmness to the Niger Delta, including consultation, and taking a fresh look at the gazette signed by the Umaru Yar’Adua government, so that the agreements contained therein will be implemented,” the presidential spokesman said.

The Senior Special Assistant to President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, had at a press conference on Friday confirmed that some of officials of the Federal Government were already holding discussions on how to end the violence.

Enang had said some ministers along with top government officials from the Niger Delta had opened talks with the governors and aggrieved people from the region on how to resolve the conflict.

He said the government was prepared to peacefully resolve the conflict.

He listed Federal Government’s representatives currently engaging in dialogue with the stakeholders in Niger Delta to include the Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.); Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru; Co-ordinator, Amnesty Office, Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.) and other ministers from the region.

He said, “The Minister of Niger Delta, the Minister of Interior, the Coordinator of the Amnesty Office have been taking actions consistent with their powers and with what I know, almost all the ministers and officers from the Niger Delta region have returned to their respective states, zones and blocks to talk to their leaders and their aggrieved persons on the need for us to maintain peace.

“That is going on and they are the representatives of Mr. President. I will not tell you what Mr. President wants to do in person but these are officers and offices which are dealing with this matter.”

Xonology:
NDA is gradually resetting the gworo chewing nigga's brain
BTW, true federalism is the way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!

SLIDEwaxie:
ur sense is zero

Simple English, u no fit connect the dots sef to spell a word

Did the NDA asked for amnesty report to be implemented? No be Kanu dem want to fight for? And for the govt to leave the ND and give them Biafra or nothing..

Did buhari stopped amnesty? No, he didn't. But it will be reviewed as he promised. Didn't he say so? So, he studying it (review) mean getting ready to implement it as discussed.

How many u be wen plans start throwing bombs and foot soldiers killing innocent civilians?

Buhari not going to war in ND is not abt the oil alone, na because its sensitive to try that again after the cries of the 60s!

omenka:
I just hate the sound of all these news. If we don't kill our dependence on oil, just like corruption, oil would kill us.

How long are we gonna continue revolving around this circle of blackmail and renegotiation?? Given our condition, a group of five armed men with some technical knowledge about IEDs and swimming can bring this country to he knees in months.

Let this be a lesson to our government- work acidiously to diversify our economy otherwise our desire to brink down corruption to it's barest minimum level would remain a pipe dream!!

God bless Nigeria and heal her land.

MRSALT:
Medicine after death. The boys are already in the creeks. I want the President to find a lasting and permanent solution to Niger Delta militancy . Talking to them or implementing amnesty programme is like postponing the evil day

MRSALT:
Medicine after death. The boys are already in the creeks. I want the President to find a lasting and permanent solution to Niger Delta militancy . Talking to them or implementing amnesty programme is like postponing the evil day