The Vice President expressed satisfaction with the rate of work, saying he was optimistic that the airport will reopen at the scheduled date as the repair works appeared 80 percent completed.
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has demanded that the federal government set a definite timeline for oil companies to relocate their headquarters to their areas of operation in the Niger Delta.
The Vice President observed that corruption and Illicit financial flows are perhaps “the gravest challenge to development … especially of developing countries.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has officially resumed duties on Monday and has met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who had been acting on his behalf while he was away on medical vacation in London.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Niger Delta being a special zone for the Nigerian Economy, must be treated as a special development zone.He made the comments when he visited the Gbaramatu Kingdom, an oil producing community in Delta State.
Stakeholders from the Niger Delta have presented 16 requests to President Muhammadu Buhari at a meeting they held behind closed doors with him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The twenty one Chibok school girls who were recently released from the captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists were on Sunday reunited with their families and loved ones.
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are currently attending an economic retreat with other cabinet members to discuss the state of the nation’s economy and ways to get the country out of recession.
