A Niger Delta Youth Group, Niger Delta People’s Salvation Front (NDPSF) protested the retention of two cabinet members by President Jonathan despite monumental allegations of corruption and abuse of office against them.
The Youth protested in Effurun, Warri om Saturday causing a chaotic traffic snarl.
The protesters were led by Comrade Rex Anighoro, spokesperson for Alhaji Asari Dokubo.
They said if President Jonathan fails to sack the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke and her Interior Affairs counterpart, Mr Abba Moro, within a 14 days ultimatum that the protest would move to Abuja.
“It is a shame a nation of Nigeria’s status can’t carry out a recruitment exercise without wasting lives. It is a shame that the minister had to use stadia for such an exercise. Nigeria has betrayed its youths who shunned criminality, went to university only to come back and there are no jobs. We have concluded that Abba Moro must go.
“The minister of petroleum is absolutely corrupt, spending so much as N10 billion on chartered jets, while our mothers in the villages are un able to afford three square meals. Diezani must go. NDPSF in collaboration with youths from all parts of Delta have come to demand that these ministers should resign their appointments or be sacked by the president.
“We want to register that we support President Jonathan and we intend to stand by him, but Diezani and Moro must go. These people have given the opposition room to be lying against the President. If this is not heeded, we shall take this protest to Abuja and other places,” Anighoro stated.
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