Youth restiveness: Water resources, Niger Delta ministries partner

The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs says it is partnering with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on aquaculture and fishery development to reduce youth restiveness in the Niger Delta area.

Retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty Programme, said this on Friday when visited the water resources ministry in Abuja.

He said that the project would enable youths of the area to channel their energies to productive ventures.

Boroh said that the plan was in line with the determination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s to diversify the national economy via agriculture.

He said that his visit was to collaborate with the Ministry on how to access its massive rice farmlands and how to involve Niger Delta youths, as part of efforts to tackle youth restiveness in the area.

Boroh said: “We are interested in partnering with the ministry in this area of agriculture; we also want to partner with the ministry on how to transform the lives of our youths.

“I think this will douse the tension in the Niger Delta.’’

He also said that the amnesty programme was using professionals to engage ex-militants in skills acquisition programmes.

Responding, Dr Ibrahim Musa, the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Water Resources, pledged the ministry’s readiness to collaborate with Niger Delta ministry in efforts to address the menace of youth restiveness in the region.

“We are ready to partner with you in any way possible so that together, we will work for the common goal of our people,” he said.

Musa thanked Boroh for the visit and thereafter presented the maiden edition of the ministry’s Water Magazine to him. The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs says it is partnering with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on aquaculture and fishery development to reduce youth restiveness in the Niger Delta area.

Retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty Programme, said this on Friday when visited the water resources ministry in Abuja.

He said that the project would enable youths of the area to channel their energies to productive ventures.

Boroh said that the plan was in line with the determination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s to diversify the national economy via agriculture.

He said that his visit was to collaborate with the Ministry on how to access its massive rice farmlands and how to involve Niger Delta youths, as part of efforts to tackle youth restiveness in the area.

Boroh said: “We are interested in partnering with the ministry in this area of agriculture; we also want to partner with the ministry on how to transform the lives of our youths.

“I think this will douse the tension in the Niger Delta.’’

He also said that the amnesty programme was using professionals to engage ex-militants in skills acquisition programmes.

Responding, Dr Ibrahim Musa, the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Water Resources, pledged the ministry’s readiness to collaborate with Niger Delta ministry in efforts to address the menace of youth restiveness in the region.

“We are ready to partner with you in any way possible so that together, we will work for the common goal of our people,” he said.
Musa thanked Boroh for the visit and thereafter presented the maiden edition of the ministry’s Water Magazine to him.