What we'll ask FG during dialogue: Ex-militants reveal agenda

– Militants in the Niger Delta region are ready to stop hostilities and hold peace talks with the government

– An ex-militant group has accepted to be part of the peaceful negotiation proposed by Niger Delta leaders

– The group said it would ask the FG to clean up all polluted lands in the region during the dialogue

An ex-militant group has disclosed what it will demand of the federal government during the proposed dialogue with militants in the Niger Delta region.

The group which accepted to be part of the peaceful negotiation proposed by Niger Delta leaders two days ago said it wants the amnesty programme to be well funded by the government, Vanguard reports.

– Militants in the Niger Delta region are ready to stop hostilities and hold peace talks with the government

– An ex-militant group has accepted to be part of the peaceful negotiation proposed by Niger Delta leaders

– The group said it would ask the FG to clean up all polluted lands in the region during the dialogue

An ex-militant group has disclosed what it will demand of the federal government during the proposed dialogue with militants in the Niger Delta region.

The group which accepted to be part of the peaceful negotiation proposed by Niger Delta leaders two days ago said it wants the amnesty programme to be well funded by the government, Vanguard reports.

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File photo of militants operating in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

“The amnesty programme should be well funded and allowed to run effectively while the government must fulfil its promise to build houses for ex-militants in the Niger Delta region,” the group stated.

This was contained in a statement by its leader, Paul Toruwei.

Its other demands were that: “There should be automatic employment of graduates in the areas of operation of major oil companies and the oil/pipeline surveillance contracts should be awarded to the youths of such places.

“All oil polluted lands in the Niger Delta area should be cleaned up and compensation paid to all affected oil producing communities.”

Following the ceasefire announced by the Niger Delta Avengers, other militants in the region have decided to give peace a chance.

One of such group is the Iduwini Volunteer Force (IVF), which operates from Bayelsa.

The militant group said it was quitting the creeks temporarily as it wanted to give the federal government a chance to meet the demands made by the militants.