The FGN has concluded plans to hold talks with key opinion leaders and traditional rulers in the Niger Delta in two weeks time. According to The Nation, the minister of state for petroleum, Dr Emmanuel Kachikwu has already reached out to the leaders in the Niger Delta to assure them of the government’s commitment to resolve the crisis in the region.
The report also stated that Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has also met with the representatives of other ethnic nationalities in the region on the need to work for peace. Several sources quoted in the report stated that consultations were intensifying ahead of the peace talks.
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