PANDEF Urges Niger Delta Youths to be Patient as Federal Government Develops Region

   Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum, PANDEF, has begged youths and agitators in the Niger Delta for patience, adding that the Federal Government is committed to developing the oil-rich region.

   PANDEFwho made the appeal in Port Harcourt, while briefing newsmen on the fourth General Assembly of the body, dismissed the claims that the group was slow in its engagements with the Federal Government.

   Speaking at the General Assembly, the Rivers State leader of PANDEF, Alabo Douglas, pleaded with Niger Delta youths of the region to be patient with the elders as they marshal out ways of ensuring a better life for the youths, stressing that panic would not resolve the challenges confronting the region.

   Douglas noted that the Federal Government has taken to heart the development of the region, noting that some of the items in the 16 point demands presented to the Federal Government are being given attention.