ASABA—IJAW Youth Council, IYC, complained,
yesterday, that President Muhammadu Buhari
administration has ordered a stoppage to on-going
constructions for the take-off of the Maritime
University, NMU, Okerenkoko, Delta State, which
groundbreaking was performed by former President
Goodluck Jonathan in May.
IYC in a statement by its spokesperson, Mr. Eric
Omare, also accused the Buhari government of
frustrating the resumption of the Nigerian Maritime
Administrative and Safety Agency, NIMASA,
Science and Technical College, Okoloba, Delta State,
describing same as “political victimization taken too far.
“Since assumption of office, all steps taken by President
Buhari and his kinsmen with respect to NIMASA, are
all geared towards frustrating the Maritime University,
Okerenkoko, NIMASA Science and Technical College,
Okoloba, Delta State and any project or programme
perceived to be of benefit to the Niger Delta region.
“President Buhari’s administration has ordered all
ongoing projects, programmes for the take-off of the
Maritime University, Okerenkoko to be stopped, whereas
other tertiary institutions in other parts of the country
where maritime programmes are being sponsored by
NIMASA are allowed to continue.
“These institutions are Ibrahim Babangida University,
Minna, Niger State, University of Lagos, Federal
University of Technology, Gombe, the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka and the approval for the maritime
programmes in these institutions were given at the time
same with the Maritime University, Okerenkoko.”
“We are convinced that this is a continuation of
Buhari’s victimization of the Niger Delta region,
especially the Ijaw people as fallout of the last
presidential election. This is much unexpected of a
political leader, which Buhari ought to be.
“It will interest Nigerians and the world to know that
these institutions and a few others are the only federal
presence in the Ijaw areas of the Niger Delta region
apart from the oil and gas facilities littered everywhere
and acting as a curse and sorrow to our people.
“We cannot fathom any reason why the Buhari
administration cannot allow institutions that will address
some of the educational challenges facing our people in the
Niger Delta region, but is only interested in the free flow
of the crude oil resources from the region.”
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