End Niger Delta crisis for the sake of our children, urges Ita Giwa

The former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita Giwa has urged Niger Delta activists to sheathe their swords and embraced dialogue with the government in order to cushion the impacts of environmental degradation and hazards on women and children.

In a statement made available to New Telegraph, Ita Giwa noted that she aware of the sufferings people in the regions had been experiencing over the years, stressing that there was no better way to achieve peace than dialogue.

She further noted that vandalism of pipelines in the region was increasing the threat of climate change. She said that women and children were particularly the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change.

While noting that Niger Delta region is fundamentally disadvantaged to the impact of global warming on many fronts due to its geography, climate, oil exploration and gas flaring among others, Ita Giwa added that the adaptive capacity of the rural majority to climate change was very low and as such, it was for the good of the region to come together and resolve the crisis of the Niger Delta.

The statement reads in parts: “As a mother and leader from the Niger Delta, I’m appealing to my people to embrace dialogue as a way of ending the restiveness in the region. The increasing number of mortality rate is alarming as we are losing pregnant women, children on daily basis due to environmental pollution compounded by environmental degradation from burst pipelines. I’m also calling on government to ensure the protection of the lives of the people who are already suffering from untold hardships.”