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PRESIDENT TINUBU PLEDGES PEACE, JUSTICE, DEVELOPMENT IN OGONILAND

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  Nicolas Adekeye / 21 hours
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Ogoni leaders that his administration will prioritize peace, justice, and sustainable development in Ogoniland. The President made this pledge at a meeting with Ogoni leaders at the State House in Abuja, where he called for unity and reconciliation among the Ogoni people. The Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, said President Tinubu directed the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to coordinate negotiations with the Ogoni leaders. “We cannot in any way rewrite history, but we can correct some anomalies of the past going forward. We cannot heal the wounds if we continue to be angry,” President Tinubu said. Onanuga stated that President Tinubu commended the delegation for embracing the Federal Government-led dialogue and emphasized the need for collaboration, trust, and inclusiveness to resolve lingering issues in the region. “We must work together with mutual trust. Go back home, do more consultations, and embrace others. We must make this trip worthwhile by bringing peace, development, and a clean environment back to Ogoniland,” President Tinubu said. Onanuga added that President Tinubu asked ministers, the NNPCL, and the Rivers State Government to cooperate with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to achieve this mandate. Governor Fubara thanked President Tinubu for his support of the Ogoni people and for welcoming an all-inclusive representation of the people to the Presidential Villa. The National Security Adviser, Mallam Ribadu, commended the Ogoni people for their trust in President Tinubu and for embracing dialogue as a path to meaningful progress and enduring solutions. Onanuga noted that a representative of the Ogoni leadership, King Festus Babari Bagia Gberesaako XIII, expressed the community leaders’ willingness to engage in the process of finding lasting solutions to the lingering challenges in Ogoniland.