The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday declared that there were no pending issues of insecurity in the Niger Delta anymore.
Osinbajo who made the declaration while addressing some aggrieved protesters at a Town Hall meeting in Benin City, the Edo State Capital also promised to go round all oil producing communities.
According to Osinbajo, “Our plan is to ensure that we visit all of the oil producing communities, and just as it was rightly said, we have stationed our helicopters at the airport in order to take us there.
“There is no issue of insecurity at all. I have been to other oil producing communities. What has happened is that the Abuja airport will be closed from tomorrow, we would not have enough time this time to visit all the communities.
“But the governor and I have agreed that we must pay a visit in order to visit each and every one of the communities, and we will do so.”
The acting President also assured the people of the region that abandoned projects will be reactivated, while those behind the abandonment will be dealt with.
Osinbajo said, “I have looked at the issues of abandoned projects, and I can tell you precisely, how much has been voted, and how much was spent in several of our oil communities, and there is no sign of development in those areas.
“I can tell you how many of these projects are supposed to have been completed, and when you look in the books, they say they have been completed, but they have not been completed; they have not been done, many have not even started at all.
“The people must see the benefit of the land. The elite everywhere, have very frequently deprived the people of the opportunity to enjoy the fruit of the land, that is the Nigerian story.
“This is something we must deal with. We cannot continue as if we do not know. The monies that have been spent on paper in this country is enough to develop many countries.”
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