Niger Delta communique

Communiqué at the end of the two (2) day sensitization workshop for Niger Delta Youths and communities leaders

Organized by Niger Delta Re-orientation Projects in collaboration with Taiwo Adewole and Associates:

At the end of the two (2) day intensive sensitization workshop, the following decisions were arrived at:

1. Security should be provided by the host communities (Community Policing) to protect, secure and hand over all governments and oil companies’ facilities to the core host communities. The oil companies should provide incentives and peaceful awards to communities that are peaceful. It was also resolved that in case of any vandalization or illegal disruption of operations, the leadership of the community should be held responsible.
2. It was resolved that the JTF should be withdrawn from the Niger Delta, especially in Gbaramatu Kingdom, in Warri South West Local Government Delta State.
3. More Industries should be sited at the oil producing communities which will lead to rapid development of the rural communities.
4. There should be fair/equal employment opportunities for host communities by the government and oil companies.
5. Provision of free education to all at all levels and international scholarship should be awarded to all deserving indigenes of the host communities and higher institutions, such as Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education e.t.c should be established in the oil producing riverine communities of the Niger Delta.
6. Orientation and sensitization workshops should be organized in the core host communities on regular basis.
7. Timely response should be prepared to checkmate oil spillage from spreading to untraceable areas; the host communities should be promptly and adequately compensated. While there should be a yardstick for a sabotaged oil spillage for compensation spreading to other communities other than the community responsible for the sabotage.
8. The operational headquarters of all oil majors should relocates to the Niger Delta region.
9. There is an urgent need for the creation of more states and local governments in the Region.
10. The Youths/ stakeholders should henceforth desist from pipeline vandalism, they should protect and preserve our environment because we depend on it for survival
11. The Government through NOSDRA should adopt the GMoU model in solving. pollution and spill problems, which must involve the local communities
12. The sabotage law should be reviewed and amended.
13. Valuation commission should be put in place to work hand in hand with NOSDRA to workout real effect of oil spillage and its impact on the Environment.
14. There should be a massive construction of road networks across the Niger Delta.
15. There should be a total stoppage of gas flaring.