Following the declaration of the military exercise, code named: Crocodile Smile, the United States has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to improve the lives of those living in the Niger Delta region as the only way to stop the militancy in the region.
This was made known by Ambassador David Young who is the deputy head of mission of the United States Embassy in Nigeria during a courtesy visit to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa at the state house.
Daily Post reports that the envoy also sent a message to militants in the Niger Delta region to embrace dialogue as a way of achieving lasting solution to the problem in the region.
Young also noted that successive government made effort to better the lives of people in the region and called on all stakeholders to work towards achieving this.
He said the “US government was ready to partner with Nigeria and Bayelsa state in the area of funding development and economic prosperity, through a variety of programmes, including agriculture, health, education and maritime security, without losing focus on transparency and fiscal responsibility.”
He said: “The US government feels very strongly that all stakeholders should be engaged in dialogue, as part of the process to arrive at equitable and fair solution for all involved.
“We believe that a bit of challenge for Nigeria, is to transform the region of oil wells (the Niger Delta) into improvement in the life of the average Deltan. And, that is something we feel very strongly about.
“We encourage Nigerians to
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