President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, urged
militants in the Niger Delta to drop their
confrontational stance and work with his
government to review the Amnesty Programme
initiated by the Late ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua
Administration. President Buhari assured oil
companies operating in the Niger Delta that the
Federal Government is taking all necessary actions to protect strategic assets in the region from vandals and criminals.
Speaking at a meeting with the Global Director
(Upstream) of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, Andrew
Brown, President Buhari said that he had directed
the Chief of Naval Staff to reorganise and
strengthen the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in
the Niger Delta to deal effectively with the
resurgence of militancy and the sabotage of oil
installations.
The President told Mr. Brown that the operations of
the JTF were also being enhanced with increased
support and cooperation from the United States and Europe in the areas of training, intelligence,
equipment and logistics.
He said: “We have to be very serious with the
situation in the Niger Delta because it threatens the
national economy. I assure you that everything
possible will be done to protect personnel and oil
assets in the region.”
The president urged aggrieved persons, militants
and communities in the Niger Delta to drop their confrontational stance and work with
those who have been charged by the Federal
Government to review the Amnesty Programme
initiated by the Yar’Adua Administration for the
benefit of all parties. President Buhari praised the
resilience and staying power of Shell in Nigeria
despite the operational challenges of the
environment .
He urged the company to do its best to end gas
flaring in the Niger Delta quickly and produce more
gas for electricity generation to support
manufacturing and job creation in the country. Mr.
Brown had appealed for an urgent solution to rising
crime and militancy in the Niger Delta.
The Shell Executive also dispelled speculations that
the company was pulling out of Nigeria. He said that
contrary to such speculations, Shell was currently
in discussions with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) on new joint oil and gas
projects.”

Sauce?

Sauce pls

We have to be very serious with situation in the Niger delta because it traithens our economy. Hmmm! I thought some bigots said 'u can drink ur oil'

Those areas should just be simply levelled by our military....

Hmmmmnn... Ok

Odi's approach comes to mind

StunningCEO:
Those areas should just be simply levelled by our military....

Has he levelled the NE?
Me oil drinker,if you want the oil,come and take it!

I thought the new csheriff or shey na taju doesn't negotiate ni I av seriously missed making apc zombies nd Igbos from the yeast wail

serious, why are we always happy when things are going the wrong way just for political and tribal sentiment The down fall or achievement any president is our collective concern. Yesterday was Jonathan, today is Buhari, tomorrow will be another person.