Ijaw youths

NDDC: Akpabio Appeals To Protesting Ijaw Youths For Peace

May 28, 2021 12:58 pm

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has appealed to the protesting Ijaw youths to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign.

Recall that the Ijaw Youths Council had on Thursday staged a nationwide protest, shutting down all the NDDC offices in the country in demand for a constitution of substantive NDDC board members.

The Minister, according to a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Anietie Ekong and issued to our Correspondent in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Friday, immediately met with the angry youths and appealed for calm.

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Ijaw Youth Groups Threaten Oil Firms For Neglecting Host Communities

Ijaw Groups Threaten Oil Firms For Neglecting Host Communities

September 24, 2020 12:36 pm

Some Ijaw youths have concluded moves for mass action against multinational and indigenous oil companies neglecting their host communities in the Niger Delta, especially Ijaw oil-producing areas.

The youths under the aegis of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, noted with dismay the untold hardship and endemic poverty in such communities despite living amidst crude oil installations, oil wells and pipelines.

The group in its new position paper titled, “Our rules of engagement with multinationals, indigenous oil and companies”, said it had decided to beam its searchlight on oil companies refusing to sign agreements with its host communities and those …