A civil society organisation under the aegis of Niger Delta Volunteers For Good Governance, NDVFGG, has said that the planned protest against hardship in Nigeria must take place in the Niger Delta region.
DAILY POST reports that the president of the organisation, Ben Bowei, aka Lord Major 1 of the Niger Delta , disclosed this in a chat with newsmen. Bowei's position was against the backdrop of calls by many stakeholders in the region to shelve the planned protest, particularly in the Niger Delta region of the country. He opined that those calling on the organisers to shelve the protest are doing so for their selfish interests.
'Those who made the call made it for their own selfish interest. I am aware some of them collected money to speak against the proposed protest, but we at NDVFGG have already mobilised our men to occupy the streets in the region. We can't continue this way. 'We have mobilised our members of over two thousand across the Niger Delta to that effect. We must protest! We are for the betterment of our people, and we must insist on good governance,' he said.
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