{"id":100161,"date":"2022-10-09T17:07:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100161"},"modified":"2022-10-09T17:07:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:07:55","slug":"ex-militants-in-ondo-cry-out-over-total-neglect-since-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/ex-militants-in-ondo-cry-out-over-total-neglect-since-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-militants in Ondo cry out over total neglect since 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1746223587738756608\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ex-Militants and agitators under the aegis of the Niger Delta coastline Vanguards (NDCV), in Ondo state, weekend cried out over their neglect by the Federal government since they disarmed in 2017.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThey, during a walk, in support of Democracy in Nigeria and the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Region from Neglect\u201d\u00a0 in llaje area of Ondo state, lamented the government\u2019s action since November 2017 till date.<\/p>\n<p>Other agitators that joined in the walk came from\u00a0 Delta, Bayelsa, Edo, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Lagos states.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the group, the leader of the group, Chief Job Omotuwa and Olarotimi Omomuwasan said, \u201d since we surrendered our arms and ammunition through the Amnesty Programme, the government had reneged on the agreement reached.<\/p>\n<p>They said that \u201cThe devasting condition of the region as a result of oil exploration and exploitation is grossly incalculable to the degree that the traditional means of survival, such as fishing, farming and other means of survival have gone into extinction without government\u2019s intervention for alternative means of survival by the people in the region\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be recalled that we fought against the government and oil companies operating in our territory some years back to do the needful by ameliorating our condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, our actions and acts did not only cause huge losses to the government but to the oil companies and some other corporate bodies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d As a result of these huge damages, the Federal Government sought our understanding by calling several meetings through the Ondo State Government in November 2017 that we should take the path of peace in other for the government to look critically into our yearnings and agitations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout any further delay, we agreed to the terms and conditions of the government by dropping our arms and ammunitions for grant of amnesty on the part of the Government by a way of a skill acquisition programme, free education and other means of empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Surprisedly, Government is yet to fulfil her part with the terms agreed upon since 2017 we had been disarmed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment is a continuum and another opportunity to usher in another set of leaders to pilot the affairs of the country is far approaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d We have decided not to take a back seat but a front seat by causing our presence to be felt so that our agitations or yearnings against neglect would be timeously attended to\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Militants and agitators under the aegis of the Niger Delta coastline Vanguards (NDCV), in Ondo state, weekend cried out over their neglect by the Federal government since they disarmed in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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