The Pan Niger Delta Discussion board (PANDEF) has stepped up efforts to finish the political disaster rocking Rivers State.
Politics Nigeria reviews that the group has now met individually with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
The assembly was a part of strikes by PANDEF to dealer peace between the 2 political leaders. Each males have been on the centre of a chronic energy wrestle that has shaken governance within the oil-rich state.
PANDEF confirmed that the engagement was carried out by its reconciliation committee just lately constituted to handle the disaster. The committee is led by a former Legal professional Normal of the Federation, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, and is made up of seven revered Nigerians.
Talking on the event, PANDEF Nationwide Chairman, Dr Godknows Igali, stated the committee had made important progress. He defined that the willingness of each Wike and Fubara to grant viewers to the committee confirmed a shared need for peace.
Based on him, the committee has been holding conferences in Port Harcourt with key political and conventional stakeholders aligned with each camps. He stated these engagements had been ongoing and productive.
“The committee is on the bottom as we communicate now in Port Harcourt, holding conferences with essential stakeholders. They’ve met with Wike and the governor. They’d an exhaustive assembly with the governor. They’ve met with elders from the 2 sides.
“There may be lots of progress going down. So, there must be no worry. If Wike and the governor weren’t able to cooperate, they’d not meet with them (committee). That they might settle for to fulfill with them implies that they too need a answer,” Igali stated.
Nonetheless, he additionally dismissed rising issues over a attainable impeachment of Governor Fubara. He assured residents that the state of affairs was being fastidiously managed and wouldn’t spiral uncontrolled.
Igali warned that instability in Rivers State might have critical implications for all the nation, given the strategic significance of the state to Nigeria’s financial system.
“We’re from a area that has very credible elders. Let the elders intervene and see what they might do. And I can guarantee you that to this point, all events are cooperating with them.
“So, the committee may be very busy assembly individuals. They might not meet the entire meeting however they meet two or three of their leaders.
“The entire nation is disturbed and since the individuals involved are individuals with status and integrity and our organisation, PANDEF itself is a regional main physique, so all people is happy with what is occurring.”
In the meantime, opposition to the impeachment transfer in opposition to Governor Fubara has continued to develop. The Ijaw Nationwide Congress (INC) has strongly criticised the Rivers State Home of Meeting led by Martin Amaewhule for urgent forward with impeachment proceedings in opposition to the governor and his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu.
INC President, Prof Benjamin Okaba, described the motion as pointless and politically motivated. He stated the lawmakers had been ignoring repeated interventions from revered {groups} inside and out of doors Rivers State.
He faulted the authorized foundation of the impeachment course of and described it as “a transparent case of vendetta”. Based on him, the transfer would in the end fail.
“It’s not in regards to the progress of democracy and improvement in Rivers State or Nigeria. It’s about advancing private curiosity above the curiosity of the state. It’s all about what they need, what the actors need and never what is nice for the state,” Okaba stated.