Emma Amaize
16 July 2008
Lagos — MINISTER of Special Duties, Mr.Godsday Orubebe says the Federal Government is working out a compromise on the proposed Niger-Delta Summit, saying the Niger-Delta Summit is on course.
Speaking yesterday, in Asaba, he said that the meeting between the Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and leaders and stakeholders of the Niger-Delta would explore ways of arriving at the compromise, adding, "at the end of the meeting, we will come out stronger than before".
He said: "The meeting is about consulting with leaders, with stakeholders, with all those that are concerned so that we will have a meeting point and agree on what to do, which way to go forward, and that is what the Vice President is doing and we are very optimistic that in the next few days, we will agree on what to do and how to go about it".
Elder Orubebe said the issue of militancy was being handled by the Federal Government and there was no fear that the matter would not be sorted out soon.
He gave kudos to the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, who he said, has put up a feasible structure on ground to stop militancy and things were going on better in the state with some of the militants participating in the government "s peace process.
He expressed optimism that in two to three weeks time, the logjam over the Niger-Delta summit would be over and the government would move forward with the people of the Niger-Delta in its bid to develop the region.
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