Senate President Akpabio: I never said I and others Will be eating when protesters are protesting
**As he launches immediate payment of 50, 000 Naira to 10,000.00 Niger Delta youths as measures in tackling hardship
The Senate President Godswill Akpabio never said he and others will be EATING while the protesters will be PROTESTING this is uncharitable for media houses to trend such statements to bring him in conflict with the Nigerian masses. He was only quoting the MD of the NDDC that said the Niger Delta Youths have never had it so good with himself and the Amnesty boss on the saddle that it was a government of the Youths who will not be interested in regime change rather will own the GOVERNMENT and will not protest but rather be eating ! The import of his visit was a declaration that the Nine states of the Niger Delta will not be involved in any protest being the most senior government official from that region he feels their pain and that there is hunger in the land. This event was covered by ARISE TV live
Speaking at the NDDC sponsored youth stakeholders summit in Port harcourt Tuesday 30th July 2024, he reiterated that protest almost led to Anarchy in Kenya and the negative effects is still reverberating. He said while the degradation in the Niger Delta due to oil exploration and exploitation persist there have been no protest. The fact that the government is doing so much to address the situation at hand like the minimum wage bill, passing into law and signing by the President of the Northwest Development Commission, the Southeast Development Commission recently
He launched the immediate payment of 10,000.00 youths to earn instantly N50,000.00 per month. As a way of ameliorating the pains and hardship being experienced but like the pregnant woman that takes nine months to deliver the pains that would accompany the birth of the child is also unbearable.
The people of the Niger Delta have been urged to exercise patience with the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. That one year is not enough to judge the performance the administration
According to Kenny Okolugbo Consultant Communications and Strategy Office of the Senate President the youths where filled with so much joy and excitement and passed a voice vote of no protest and confidence on the Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The empowerment scheme is for those not gainfully employed and it was reiterated that it will be devoid of politics and strictly for the nine states of the Niger Delta all the local government areas and wards
