Appointments: Tinubu addressing marginalisation – Ijaw Nat’l Congress

The national leadership of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) says appointments of Ijaw natives indicate that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is paying the much-needed attention to the issues of marginalization and exploitation. The president of INC, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, stated this when he led a delegation of the organisation to visit the Administrator of […]

The national leadership of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) says appointments of Ijaw natives indicate that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is paying the much-needed attention to the issues of marginalization and exploitation.

The president of INC, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, stated this when he led a delegation of the organisation to visit the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro in Abuja on Thursday.

Okaba, according to a statement on Friday by the Special Assistant on Media to the PAP Administrator, Igoniko Oduma, thanked Tinubu for appointing Otuaro.

“And only yesterday, a daughter of Ijaw nation was also appointed as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. The Ijaw issues of marginalisation, exploitation and underdevelopment etc, are receiving a much-needed attention.

“Also, we thank the National Security Adviser for the confidence he has in you. In any opportunity we have, we shall impress it upon him that you’re a round peg in a round hole. You are a product of the Ijaw struggle for self-determination; not a stranger to the Ijaw problems,” Okaba said.

Responding, Otuaro called for unity among the Ijaw people and promised to work hard to promote sustainable development, peace and security of the Niger Delta.

He said the Amnesty Programme would, in the months ahead, empower 1,000 Niger Delta people in the vocational subsector.