The umbrella body of all Ijaw youths in Nigeria and the Diaspora, Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC), has threatened to embark on a mass protest that will shut down the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over alleged compulsory retirement of some Ijaw people by the Corporation.
The IYC spokesman, Binebai Princewill, who issued the threat in a statement on Wednesday, alleged that the recent compulsory retirement of some Ijaw indigenes in the NNPCL was “ill-motivated against indigenous people of the Niger Delta region.”
Princewill who also called for the urgent reinstatement of the affected staff, emphasized that “anything other than this within a few days from now will lead to a total shutdown of NNPCL activities across the country.”
