Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said that it is not true that the Federal Government has abandoned the people of the Niger Delta region.
The Minister made the clarification on Saturday in an interview at the end of the 2016 Convocation Ceremony of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, in Delta state.
He explained that the dialogue between the Federal Government and the people of the region to find lasting solutions to the lingering violence and pipeline vandalism in the region was ongoing.
He said that the President was very supportive of the project of ensuring that government reached an agreement with the people through dialogue by ensuring that the old model which failed was restructured.
Meanwhile, the Minister has ordered the award of scholarships and immediate employment to the best graduating students of the Petroleum Training Institute, which according to him is to help them further their education.
