Niger Delta youth leaders to hold conference on Biafra, restructuring

PLANS have been concluded by youth leaders in
the Niger Delta region to hold a conference on
the current agitations for the realisation of
Biafran state and calls for restructuring with a
view to coming up with a position.
A statement by the Chairman of the Nigerian
Young Professionals Forum and former
governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Mr.
Moses Siasia, said the gathering which would
hold in Port Harcourt was informed by the
current debate on restructuring.
The statement reads: “60 carefully selected
young leaders across the Niger Delta will be
meeting in Port Harcourt next week over the
calls for the immediate restructuring of the
country by prominent Nigerians and geopolitical
groups on the basis of a growing national
consensus to redefine the connections that bind
the country and the disturbing hate comments
from many groups.
“The roundtable meeting was born out of the
current national discourse on the need to
restructure the country and redefine our
existence as a people.
“The meeting will also address internal issues in
the region, such as the need for political leaders
who are occupying public trust to be more
accountable to the people. It will fashion out
economic solutions that will aid the much
needed growth and development in the Niger
Delta so that those who are into productive
ventures in the society would be encouraged
with the aim of moving out of the old order,
where miscreants are celebrated.”