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Nigeria earns $122.4 million from peace in Niger Delta

The lack of conflict and violence in the Niger Delta is helping Nigeria rake in millions daily.

Boroh said that with peace in the region that there is a greater security of lives and property which results in more financial and security dividends for Nigeria. He also said that with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota of 1.8 million barrels per day for Nigeria and the current price of $68 per barrel, peace in the Niger Delta is earning the country millions daily.

He assured that the new Federal Government initiative for the Niger Delta would yield the desired results of infrastructural growth, jobs and sustained development. Boroh thanked the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and other groups in the Region for their contribution to peace in the area and urged them to deepen the discussions with the Federal Government towards the all-round development of the region.

He also appealed to oil companies in the country to provide more jobs for Niger Delta youths and increase their contributions to develop the area that has given them so many returns on investment.

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The peace in the Niger Delta has been attributed to being achieved through the collective efforts of strategic partners especially the various ministries, departments and agencies of government. On the Presidential Amnesty Programme, he said it has been key to the resolution of the Niger Delta Question and calming youth restiveness.

The Programme he said "has achieved its Short and Medium Term Objectives of ensuring peace and stabilizing the security situation in the Niger Delta region through training and empowerment of the Ex-militants in various skill areas including: Internationally Certified Pilots, Air Traffic Operators, lawyers, medical personnel, professional welders, artisans, fashion designers, hospitality managers and in sports and farming."

"It is itself unique because it is a Resource-Based Conflict Resolution with exceptional Nigerian dimensions. Indeed, it is a learning curve and the managers can only perfect their acts through lessons learned," he said while addressing the topic of the Presidential Amnesty Programme which is designed based on the United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Model.

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