The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh, has said that the people of the South-South region have no reason to protest against the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking to State House Reporters on Wednesday, the Minister explained that the President has undertaken series of projects aimed at not only developing the area, but empowering the youths.
Momoh argued that those calling for protests are not aware of the litany of projects dotting the landscape of the Niger Delta.
He said, “What we have observe is that majority of Nigerians and particular the youths are not very much conversant with a number of programs put in place to alleviate the suffering of the youths in this country.
“In the Niger Delta region, the President has done a lot and I don’t think any person who is from the Niger Delta area will deem it necessary to come out and say he’s protesting against bad governance.
“The number of projects that have been executed in the south south region and particularly the Niger Delta region within this one year cannot be compared with what has happened previously in the last four years. For instance recently, you watched us on the screen commissioning projects in the Niger Delta area.
“The Okitipupa electricity project that was commissioned recently is a project that has been there for a very long time and for 15 years about seven local governments were never connected to the National grid and this administration came and with the intervention of Mr President giving necessary directives that all such abandoned project should be completed.
“He instructed the Managing Director of NDDC to effect the completion of those projects that is why you see that today those local government areas are now connected and in Ogbia/Nembe road that has seven bridges and 25 culverts in the heart of Niger Delta region where you have flood was recently commissioned.”
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