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The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dikio (rtd.), has urged the Ijaw ethnic nationality to embrace unity and sustain the peace in the Niger Delta in honour of the late Isaac Adaka Boro.
Dikio, who stated this at the Boro Day celebration in Yenagoa, pointed out that the liberation Boro fought and died for could only be achieved through dialogue, lobbying, collaboration and unity.
He said in honour of the hero of the Ijaw struggle, all stakeholders in the region should come together and work for the development of the Niger Delta.
He insisted that with its rich endowments, the region could only attain the aspirations of the late Boro if all stakeholders closed ranks and work in harmony, adding: “In his later days, Boro became known as a rebel with a cause, which dovetailed into an armed struggle.”
He also admonished ex-agitators in the Niger Delta Region to create a friendly atmosphere for businesses to thrive in the region.
Dikio gave the charge yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State while inaugurating the repentant militants into a new committee on the improvement of Strategic Communications of PAP.
He said this would encourage industries that left the region to return and for more investors to come in and invest to address unemployment challenges in the region.
