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Govt will do everything to resolve Niger Delta problems - President Yar'Adua
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President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has said that “we shall do anything as an Administration within available resources and the imperfect constitutional provisions within which we are constrained to operate” to solve the problems in the Niger Delta.

The President said this while receiving a delegation of South-south leaders in the State House on Tuesday October 14,. 2008.

Responding to the request for certain constitutional amendments in the bid to tackle the Niger Delta challenge, the President made it clear that while he “appreciated the issues raised and supported constitutional amendments, such must be undertaken as provided by the constitution” and should not become another excuse for allowing the problem to fester.

According to President Yar’Adua, with the creation of the Niger Delta Ministry, his administration was now poised to begin the implementation of its agenda for infrastructural development, cleaning the environment and youth empowerment in the Niger Delta.

While acknowledging that the 1999 Constitution may not be a perfect document and that its amendment was necessary, the president said it is not a preoccupation of his administration to engineer another elaborate effort at constitutional review. He added that “to tie our efforts in the Niger Delta to constitutional amendments would be a distraction at this point.”

Referring to the Niger Delta crisis as “a national problem,” the president urged those canvassing constitutional amendments to go through the National Assembly. “While I have no objections to your feelings about constitutional amendment I strongly believe we have to follow the procedures”. He added that “building a just, prosperous and equitable society is not an easy thing,” as it “requires patience, efforts and perseverance.”

President Yar’Adua who thanked the South-South Leaders for “frankly airing their views” and for their sacrifices to bringing peace not only to the Niger Delta but to the nation, assured them that his doors would “always be open to listen to advice and opinions that will help us find a lasting solution to national problems like that of Niger Delta.”

The leader of the 11-member delegation, Justice Adolphus Karibi Whyte, explained that they had come to present the resolutions of the Vanguard-organised South-South Legislative Retreat on Constitutional Review held in August 2008, to the Federal Government, commended the establishment of the Ministry of Niger Delta.

Part of the resolutions included amending the current Constitution to restore “true federalism.”

The delegation included Vanguard Publisher, Mr. Sam Amuka; Chief Edwin Clark, Mr. Ledum Mittee, Chief John Oyegun and Sen. Felix Ibru while Vice- President Goodluck Jonathan, the Ministers of Petroleum, Transportation and Science and Technology, and the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Timi Alaibe, also attended.

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