Niger Delta Women dissociate selves from planned October 1 protest, back Tinubu

Niger Delta Women from different ethnic nationalities yesterday in Warri dissociated themselves from the planned October 1 protest and backed the President Bola Tinubu administration.

The women made the position during a Stakeholders meeting organised by the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in Warri.

The event themed "Niger Delta Women: Empowerment as a Panacea for Peace, Stability and Economic Growth", the women groups lamented that many self-interested bodies are presently going about with ulterior motives asking people to do negative things."

The gathering was in continuation of the expanded Niger Delta Stakeholders meeting of traditional rulers, women groups, youth bodies, community leaders, opinion leaders, elders, and camp leaders by the PAP office.

In their resolution, the women drawn from all the ethnic nationalities in the oil-rich belt, asked their children and wards to shun the planned protests.

They also urged members to discourage their children and wards from joining any protest against the authorities.

They pleaded with Nigerians to give Tinubu's administration a chance to confront and deal with the multi-faceted challenges facing the country. 

While lauding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration for its support for women and youths in the region, they stated that "when you appoint the right people into the right position, then you should start seeing positive result".

Reading the communique of the meeting to journalists, a woman leader in the Niger Delta, Madam Beauty Warejuowei urged women in the region to "stand firm and make the best use of opportunities given them by the authorities".

"This will give government the encouragement to do even more", she stated.

Warejuowei noted that "the Niger Delta region has been having PAP Coordinators before now, but this is the time we can say the right people has been appointed to the right position".

In his address at the stakeholders forum, Dr. Otuaro commended the women forum for their support for the present administration just as he acknowledged their role in sustaining peace in the region.

He said, "We have to do it together. Talking peace in the Niger Delta, it is our women that are sustaining the peace.  The destiny of Niger Delta is in the hands of women".  

Otuaro added that the economic challenges in the country are temporary and appealed to the women group not to relent in their efforts to support the administration's socioeconomic initiatives.

The PAP Administrator assured the women groups of sustained empowerment, vocational trainings, grants and scholarships to further add value to their lives.