Hundreds of Niger Delta Youths under the umbrella of Divine Peace for Niger Delta Youth Initiative, today, staged a peaceful protest to the office of the Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over alleged neglect of the youth of the region.
The National President of the Divine Peace for Niger Delta Youth Initiative, Engr. Peter Angolapu said they decided to embark on a peaceful protest after several efforts made to meet with management of the commission failed. He called on the NDDC to be youth friendly and empower them with jobs.
He said, ” we have intimated this commission on what we are into. It’s all about peace and above all, we’ve also sent proposals demanding for our needs, they did not say anything. We also sent a reminder as touching those proposals, no response. So, that’s why we are here to know if this commission was established for foreigners or for the Niger Delta region.
“We need buses for mobility because, without buses, how do we go about our communities to preach the message of peace. And all this while, NDDC has been paying deaf ears to us”.
The state coordinator of the group, decried the sufferings of youth in the region despite the presence of the commission.
He urged the commission to be more productive and help set up skill acquisition programmes for the youth to enable them be self reliant.
The aggrieved youths while speaking to newsmen said, they’ll not leave the commission’s premises until their demands are met.
