Jonathan utmost beneficiary of N-Delta agitation, says Odje
Vanguard Monday 14th February, 2011
A Warri-based lawyer, Dr. Akpor Mudiaga-Odje, yesterday, said President Goodluck Jonathan was the utmost beneficiary of the Niger Delta agitation. Odje who stated this in a chat with newsmen in his Ewreni country home, stressed the need for President? Jonathan to implement the Niger Delta Technical Committee report of Ledum Mitee. Insisting that implementation of the report was the solution to the problems bedeviling the oil rich region, he said; ?the report is fantastic and for the first time, it reviewed all the reports and commissions from Willick?s till date set up to look at the Niger Delta issue.? On the post amnesty programme for the former militants in the region, Odje said; ?the programme may be on course, but it has not been working effectively. The post amnesty programme ough...
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