President Tinubu Meets PANDEF Leaders In Aso Rock, Observes Minute Silence For Edwin Clark

President Tinubu Meets PANDEF Leaders In Aso Rock, Observes Minute Silence For Edwin Clark

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a meeting with leaders of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.

The meeting, which commenced at 4:15 p.m. following Tinubu’s arrival, is expected to address key issues affecting the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

As the meeting began, President Tinubu requested that a minute of silence be observed in honor of the late elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, who passed away in February.

Clark, who was the founder and convener of PANDEF, was a prominent voice in the advocacy for resource control, environmental justice, and development in the Niger Delta.

It was gathered that PANDEF is attending the meeting with a large delegation, including former governors, senior politicians, traditional rulers, and key regional stakeholders.

Among those at the meeting on PANDEF’s entourage are King Alfred Diete-Spiff, Chairman, Board of Trustees of PANDEF; Obong Victor Attah, Co-Chairman, Board of Trustees of PANDEF; Ambassador Godknows Igali, National Chairman of PANDEF; Senator Seriake Dickson; Professor Mike Ozakhome; former Cross River State governor, Mr Liyel Imoke; former Rivers Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru; former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Timi Alaibe.

Others are Jaja of Opobo, Professor Dandeson Jaja; Senator Ita Enang; Senator Bassey Henshaw; Mrs Ibim Semenitari, former acting Managing Director of the NDDC; Uche Secondus; Senator Andrew Uchendu; National Coordinator of Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCOM, Okareme Maikpobi; Niger Delta activist, Ms Ann-Kio Briggs; spokesman of PANDEF, Chief Obiwevbi Ominimini.

Also attending are the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo; Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri; Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga; Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare; and other aides of the President.

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