The United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt the 2009 amnesty template of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to address the festering Niger/Delta crisis
The group in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Tony Iprinye Uranta, said the late Yar’dua template involved appointing a credible Special Adviser from the region and re-establishing the Niger Delta Committee/Council that operated five sub-Comittees to holistically the region’s challenges.
"UNDEDSS and other leading stakeholders in the region have tirelessly interfaced with very senior members of this Administration and given them a detailed template the President should deploy now to resolve this growing insecurity in the region, which is negatively impacting all of Nigeria," a part of the statement read.
The group decried what it called "conflicting statements being made by too many putative representatives of both the region and the Federal Government", saying it is in the best interest of the country if President Buhari takes charge of any move to host "reliable dialogue".
The group also appealed to the government to adopt the 2008 Niger/Delta Technical Committee’s Report while also taking immediate actions aimed at re-assuring the people of the region of its sincere commitment to justice and equity.
"These include the release of 10 secondary school children and others currently being detained as prisoners-of-war for many weeks since the military’s invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom; the return of Symbols of Gbaramatu traditional worship; and, most importantly, President Buhari addressing the nation to announce that he would personally lead the revival of the 2009 template premised on a Niger Delta Development Committee," the statement read.
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