Several hundred women from Niger Delta states stormed Warri, Delta State, on Wednesday and dissociated themselves from the planned October 1st protest against President Tinubu’s government over alleged bad governance.
After an engagement with Niger Delta women by the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP), they alleged that the plan by some groups to protest across the country on October 1 had ulterior motives.
The stakeholders’ engagement, themed “Niger Delta Women: Empowerment as a Panacea for Peace, Stability, and Economic Growth,” involving women and youth bodies, community leaders, opinion leaders, elders, and traditional rulers, examined the challenges in the region.
They pleaded with Nigerians to give Tinubu’s administration a chance to confront and address the multifaceted challenges facing the country.
They lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for its support of women and youths in the region.
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The Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) administrator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, commended the women’s forum for their support of the current administration and praised their various roles in sustaining peace in the region.
He said, “We have to do it together. Talking peace in the Niger Delta, it is our women that are sustaining the peace. The destiny of Niger Delta is in the hands of women.”
He explained that the economic challenges in the country are temporary and assured the women’s groups of sustained empowerment, vocational training, grants, and scholarships to further add value to their lives.
Eminent women leaders from the Niger Delta region, including Mrs. Ann-Kio Briggs, Chief Mrs. Vero Tamgbowe, Madam Beauty Warejuowei, and the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) President, Mr. Jonathan Lokpobiri, and the pioneer IYC President, T. K. Ogoriba, were also present.