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.