A Paper Presented by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, at the Technical Session of Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit
I am very delighted to be here today as the Special Guest of Honour at this all-important Summit. The Theme of this Summit which is Renewed Hope for Sustainable Development in the Niger Delta could not have been more apt, given the efforts being made towards the Renewed Hope Initiative of the current administration of our President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR in the last one year.
When I was appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR to the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA), established under Section 132 of the Constitution to provide strategic advice on matters relating to National Security, three things were clear in my mind about the Niger Delta Region.
