Efforts towards achieving stability in the Niger Delta seem to have begun, following a meeting of key stakeholders in Port-Harcourt the Rivers state capital.
The meeting had in attendance, members of the Niger Delta Contact Group made up of traditional rulers from Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom And Delta states, as well as representatives of the Pan Niger Delta group.
They met with development partners from the European Union, the United States and the UK, as well as the Federal Government team, led by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs.
In addition to forging a common front for dialogue, the NDCG also canvassed that the forthcoming Niger Delta summit should be held in the region.
Similarly, a meeting was held recently in Delta State, involving all stakeholders, as part of measures towards finding lasting solutions to the crisis in the region which had crippled oil production.
A militant group known as Niger Delta Avengers has claimed responsibility for the recent attacks on oil-producing facilities causing the shutdown of oil terminals and a fall in Nigeria’s oil production to its lowest level.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday also assured U.S. President Barack Obama, during the U.N General Assembly that Nigeria is making steady progress towards resolving the problems in the Niger Delta region.
