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FG negotiating with Niger Delta militants, Buhari says
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration is now negotiating with Niger Delta militants.
Though, he said that the oil companies and law-enforcement agencies are the ones doing the talks meant to find a lasting solution to insecurity in the Niger Delta region.
This is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who said the President sated this while granting farewell audience to the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria, Mr. Michael Zinner, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari said, “We understand their feelings. We are studying the instruments. We have to secure the environment, otherwise investment will not come. We will do our best for the country.”
According to the statement, the president also told his guest that his government is studying the instruments of the Amnesty Programme inherited from the former administration with a view to carrying out commitments made that were undelivered.
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