{"id":16696,"date":"2017-11-05T21:53:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T21:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16696"},"modified":"2017-11-05T21:53:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T21:53:48","slug":"edwin-clark-begs-niger-delta-avengers-not-to-resume-hostilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16696","title":{"rendered":"EDWIN CLARK BEGS NIGER DELTA AVENGERS NOT TO RESUME HOSTILITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/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>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Ijaw Elder Statesman Chief Edwin\u00a0 Kiagbodo Clark has asked the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to maintain the peace while the dialogue with the Federal Government continues.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">He made the appeal when a delegation of the \u00a0Federal Government led by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) visited him in his Abuja home\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_981603876\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">He was reacting to a statement by the NDA threatening the resumption of hostilities in the Niger Delta including the\u00a0 vandalism \u00a0of oil facilities.\u00a0 Chief Clark said: \u201c We are appealing to the Niger Delta Avengers not to resume hostilities. They are our children\u00a0 and they mandated us to negotiate with the Federal Government on their behalf . They have to be patient and give us time to do so successfully.\u00a0 Any resumption of \u00a0hostilities will not\u00a0 be in the interest of our people. This is not\u00a0 the time to resume hostilities. It is true that the Federal Government has not been quite serious about the negotiations, but we are asking the Niger Delta Avengers to maintain the peace. We have pleaded with them and we are sending a delegation\u00a0 to meet with them\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Chief Clark said that a major grouse of the Avengers was the disruption of the\u00a0 Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) meeting in Port Harcourt. He said with the explanation by General Boroh,\u00a0 there are \u00a0assurances that the dialogue is back on track. He announced that the PANDEF which he leads, will be meeting in Warri soon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=14976&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">He Reiterated that General Boroh is doing a good job as Adviser to the President and \u00a0Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. In asking the Federal Government to adequately fund the Amnesty Programme and to release all its budgeted funds, Chief Clark told General Boroh \u201c You are like the bridge between us and the Federal Government and we are willing to give you all the support you need\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">General Boroh had earlier explained to Chief Clark that the disruption of the PANDEF meeting was due to communication gap and assured that the Federal Government has a lot of respect for PANDEF which it regards as a\u00a0 major partner in the resolution of the Niger Delta challenge, \u00a0the maintenance of peace and development in the Region. The Federal Government he said, will soon unfold<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">the New Vision\u00a0 for the Niger Delta Programme which will provide mass jobs opportunities for the youths and help fasten \u00a0the development of the Region.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15141\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark2-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark2-300x267.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark2-280x250.jpg 280w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark2.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ijaw Elder Statesman Chief Edwin\u00a0 Kiagbodo Clark has asked the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to maintain the peace while the dialogue with the Federal Government continues. 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