FG, Avengers’ Face-Off: Activist Sues For Dialogue

Human rights activist,
Ann Kio Briggs, has called on the Federal Government not to resumes talks with the Niger Delta militants, in spite of recent attack on oil and gas installations in the region.
Briggs made the appeal while suggesting solutions to the problem recently
“The British Government is recommending dialogue with the Niger Delta Avengers, the American government is recommending the same, and it is a welcome recommendation.
“People like me support that recommendation and also call on the people blowing up pipeline that they should also hold their peace, let us see how we can now sit down and discuss the issues,” she said.
Briggs asked President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to look at past documents and policies, to find a lasting solution to the problem.
She observed that there were lots of injustice in Nigeria and called for a genuine review of the issues which, according to her, include fiscal federalism, national conference report, oil well licences, among others.

Susan Serekara-Nwikhana