Remember, ND struggle has given us president, vice president, ministers, senators, Reps, governors, commissioners, ambassadors, law makers, international scholars, state, commissions, among others yet status quo seems immutable. The same story no good road, no good water, schools, electricity, no fair share, insecurity, unemployment, no laudable projects, etc. When will ND be exonerated from these grizzling and impoverishment? Only God knows when I guess!
It's now demanding for critical brainstorming to juxtapose systematic assessment of ND underdevelopment since arms agitation is loosing public interest. Within my search I'm credo and convinced that ND can take a new look if we can abnegate our high interest, self centeredness and pull him down syndrome.
Imagine, October last year a particular group called Pan Niger Delta Forum PANDEF was inaugurated to dialogue with the federal government FG on behalf of ND headed by Chief E.K. Clark as to imbue FG attention in meeting their 16 point demands. Suddenly another group came out named Pan Niger Delta People's Congress PNDPC headed by HRM Charles Ayemi-Botu from the same region to also dialogue with FG on same Issue claiming that PANDEF is old fashion and that they are the real group to engage FG assiduously to drive ND demands home. Most amazing, most PNDPC members were former PANDEF associates. Unfortunately, another group came out again call themselves Niger Delta Consultative Assembly NIDCA vituperating FG to suspend further engagements with all claimants to the mandate of Niger Deltan's representation until stakeholders from oil producing ethnic nationalities meet and agree on an acceptable umbrella platform for the region.
If I may ask, what kind of agitation is this? Can this kind of mist agitation actually maximize the desire development to ND?
All of this, Avengers did not react to these syndicated sinisters thwarting the suave dialogue process. Please Rethink Niger Delta Avengers! Sometimes I'm tempted to vocalize let the serial cleansing to begin from the Niger Delta region so that those in-house hindering elements can be orchestrated.
Now put yourself in the same shoe with FG and tell us how quick you can implement these demands in the mist of distractions? When all groups are minatory brimstone.........
Niger Delta Avengers please hold back your arms and destructive gadgets. Nigerians cannot afford the hunger slavery again. Is not something one wish to experience. In the penultimate economic recession many people lost their lives, properties, food shortage, inflation, collapse of oil price and production, electricity shortage, hardship, unemployment, sickness etc.
It is my passionate appeal to FG to fulfil all her developmental promises to the Niger delta region as the Avengers will sheath their sword.
Comrade Timi Coleman
Concern ND youth leaders