In a statement she released on Monday, the political leader of the Bakassi people stressed that only dialogue can cushion the effect of pipeline vandalism on women, the elderly and children of the oil rich region.
Ita-Giwa noted that pipeline vandalism in the region is also increasing the threat of climate change and of course, women and children are particularly the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change.
“I am also calling on government to ensure the protection of the lives of the people who are already suffering from untold hardships.”
This is coming at a time when a National Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, had described militant groups behind the recent attacks on oil and gas installations across the region as criminals and enemies of the Niger Delta people.
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