{"id":10976,"date":"2016-08-19T02:08:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T02:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10976"},"modified":"2016-08-19T02:08:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T02:08:15","slug":"buhari-knows-how-to-end-the-niger-delta-crisis-today-if-he-so-desires-undedss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10976","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Buhari knows how to end the Niger Delta crisis today if he so desires!&#8221;&#8212;UNDEDSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9463\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg\" alt=\"Niger Delta map\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map--150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map--80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map--40x40.jpg 40w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map--64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map--75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;President Buhari knows what, exactly, he needs to do to end the crisis today, if he so desires! He probably has not, because he has allowed his Administration to be beset with too many petty rivalries, too many individuals jockeying for putative relevance, and too many party chieftains of Niger Delta origin who don&#8217;t have the interests of the region at heart!&#8221; This is the position of the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) as contained in a Statement made available to Reporters, in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday by Mr. Tony I. Uranta, UNDEDSS&#8217; Secretary General.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Uranta revealed that himself and other well meaning Niger Delta citizens, interfacing with patriotic members of the President&#8217;s Inner Cabinet and Intelligence chieftains, have drawn up a Proposal that should be &#8216;win-win&#8217; for all parties concerned. He further revealed that this dynamically-tweaked Proposal is before Mr. President, the armed agitators in the creeks, the international community (including the UK &amp; the USA) and other relevantly interested Nigerians like Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proposal is hinged on Four vital prerequisites, viz., the affirmation by Mr. President that there is no change in policy regarding the need to commence Matriculation of students this year in the National Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State; the rebirth of the Niger Delta Council (with its Five relevant sub-committees!) of President Yaradua&#8217;s 2009 Template; the guarantee of safe passage for delegates to any Dialogue locations, after all armed parties publicly agree to a 60-days Armistice to be proposed by the FGN; and, the attendance of Foreign Observers (including Diplomats from the EU, UK &amp; USA!), to be invited by the FGN, to any such Dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>UNDEDSS claims that this Proposal has been presented to President Buhari over four weeks ago, after many meetings between the FGN (represented at different points by the Chief of Staff to Mr. President, the DG DSS, the EFCC Chairman, the DG NIA, the Minister of State for Petroleum&#8230;etc.) on the one hand, and credible Niger Deltans (including past Special Advisers to Nigerian Presidents on the Niger Delta, UN Consultants and former Apex &#8216;Creeks Generals&#8217; of the three zones of the Niger Delta) plus prominent members of the 2009 Aaron Team that negotiated with President Yaradua in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, UNDEDSS calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to exhibit the patriotic and objective decisiveness necessary to end the ongoing crisis in the Niger Delta, by announcing his adoption of the said Proposal now.<\/p>\n<p>Tony I. 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