– Youths are unhappy with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration
– Group wants a retention of the Maritime University
President Muhammadu Buhari
Some Niger Delta youths under the aegis of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, have announced their plans to embark on a one-million protest march against President Muhammadu Buhari.
Vanguard reports that the youths are marching against perceived wrong policies against the Niger Delta region by the present administration, one of which is the planned closure of the Maritime University.
According to IYC, there will be a youth convention at the temporary site of Maritime University, in Korutie community where various Niger Delta communities, student organisations, sympathizers of development education, the tertiary institutions in the region, and clans, local and international youth organizations will be gathered to stop the noticeable lopsided and biased policies of the present administration against the people and entity known as the Niger Delta region.
Riverine residents of Ogulagha in Burutu local government area, Delta state, have also taken to the streets of the community to protest the plans by the federal government to scrap the Maritime university.
Chief Boro Lala of Burutu council has since kicked against the scrapping of the maritime varsity in Okorenkoko and in an address of newsmen in Warri, he condemned the purported intention of Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of Transportation and Aviation to scrap the maritime university.
He noted that the contribution of the area to the common wealth of the nation cannot be overemphasized as no project was adequate compensation to the people, therefore, the institution cannot be scrapped.
Lara also pleaded with President Buhari to listen to the voices of the youths and those of reputable Nigerians who truly desire the university to remain as Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s administration planned it.