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Nigerians are hardworking, resilient, says U.S. Ambassador

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Nigerians are hardworking, resilient, says U.S. Ambassador
Success of Nigeria is crucial to Africa’s progress, devt’

United States Ambassador to Nigeria William Stuart-Symington has described Nigerians as hardworking and resilient.He also stated that the success of Nigeria was crucial to the progress and development of Africa.Stuart-Symington spoke yesterday when he visited the corporate headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.The ambassador, who was visiting the Niger Delta for the first time, noted that having moved round some states of Nigeria, especially in the North and Southwest, that the country had great potential, which he said should be adequately harnessed for growth and transformation.He urged Nigerians to always give peace a chance to move forward,  stressing that emphasis must be placed on a united country, rather than disintegrating.Stuart-Symington admonished the members of the board and management of NDDC to continue with the sustainable development of the Niger Delta.Managing Director of NDDC, Nsima Ekere, in his remarks before a presentation titled: “NDDC and Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta. The Way Ahead,” declared that the board and management of the commission had the political will and determination to change things in the crude oil and gas-rich region.He pointed out that the Federal Government’s interventionist agency had made tremendous progress since its establishment in year 2000, but admitted that a lot of things still needed to be done to properly develop the region and adequately empower the peace-loving people.
The managing director stated that he was very confident that NDDC was capable of making irreversible change and positive impacts, with greater emphasis now being placed on transparency and accountability.Ekere said: “The issues of the Niger Delta are far from running away. The problems of the Niger Delta persist, they are here and they must be resolved, so that Nigeria can move forward.“Your (ambassador’s) visit is a reawakening of not just the country (Nigeria), but world attention to the continued issues of the Niger Delta, to the problems of oil pollution, poverty, unemployment of our young ones, health challenges, environmental degradation and all the other issues we have been crying about daily about the Niger Delta.“The Nigerian government is doing a lot for the Niger Delta, but a whole lot still needs to be done. We need to build our infrastructure, create jobs for our young people, create sustainable economic models that will take away the young ones from the streets, take them away from militancy and that will create a conducive environment for industry and trade.“The world still must not afford and cannot afford to leave the Niger Delta behind. We have a duty together to work on this, to ensure that we keep at the front burner, the issues and the challenges that the Niger Delta region is facing.

“A lot of noise has been made about the development of the Niger Delta. A lot of issues around it. We need to be a lot more serious, when addressing these issues. We need to be a lot more committed to addressing these issues. We need to be committed to addressing the core problems of the Niger Delta. Which is why I commend the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in leading a new Niger Delta initiative.”

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