From Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa
Stakeholders from the Niger Delta region have welcomed back President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from his working vacation, describing his visit to France and meeting with the French President, Emmanuel Macron as a show of bilateral commitment towards the improvement of Social and economic development of the country.
The Stakeholders, under the aegis of the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), said despite the need for a deserved rest, the President was busy working for the mutual interest of Nigerians, promoting policies for the betterment of the country.
The MSDND, through its publicity Secretary, Kelvin Orughoe, stated that President Bola Tinubu, in the last two years, has moved development closer to the people at the grassroots.
On the home front, the Niger Delta stakeholders declared their support for President Tinubu’s resilience and persistence on the decentralisation of the pipeline surveillance contracts to the various stakeholders in their different states across the region.
The MSDND assured the President that the expedited decentralisation of the pipeline surveillance contract will ensure his total support from major stakeholders across the region.
According to the statement, “some stakeholders, including thousands of innocent citizens from the Niger Delta region have been victimized by the system, due to the improper monopoly and greed in the award of the pipeline surveillance contracts in the region.”
“Going forward, we are looking for an expedited announcement of the surveillance contract to enable stakeholders to commence work in securing our nation’s assets in their various states.”
“We call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use this medium to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to expedite the decentralisation process, and being the President and C-in-C, and as the substantive Minister of Petroleum Resources, we respectfully ask the President to direct the relevant authorities to do same in expediting the announcement of the decentralised pipeline surveillance contract to stakeholders in their various states,” the statement reads.
