N’Delta Youth Leaders Plan Peace Walk In PH

Over one million youth
from across the Niger Delta region of Nigeria will converge in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on October 3, 2016 for the Niger Delta Walk for Peace programme.
The event is being put together by the Coalition of Niger Delta Youth Leaders and Non-Governmental Organization in the region in conjunction with Ediz Wine Bar .
The National Leader of the coalition, Comrade Emeni Ibe who disclosed this during the unveiling of the peace walk logo in Port Harcourt said that the programme was part of the effort by the coalition to complement both the Federal and Rivers State Governments efforts at ensuring lasting peace in the country.
Comrade Ibe said that the group chose Rivers State for the flagoff because of its strategic importance in the economy of the nation.
According to him, the event will be taken round the entire States in the region, stressing that time has come for youth in the region to join the governments in the enthronement of a lasting peace in the region.
The youth leader used the occasion to commend the State Government for the ongoing amnesty programme for repentant militants in the state.
Also speaking, Comrade Christian Lekia of Niger Delta Coalition Against Violence said that peace was necessary for investments in the region.
Comrade Lekia stressed the need for all youth leaders in the region to support the effort to bring a lasting peace to the region.
In his speech, the Chairman of the Niger Delta Peace Walk Project, Mr. Edwin C. Okolie said that the event would engender in the Niger Delta region.
He further called on youth leaders peace in the region to support the proposed peace walk.