A bunch, Motion for Simply Utilisation of Sources within the South East, has requested the Federal Authorities to grant oil pipeline safety contracts to youths of host communities.

The Nationwide Coordinator of the group, Mr Stanley Okafor, stated that such transfer would stem the tide of vandalism and oil theft within the area.

Okafor said this on Thursday in Awka, including that such collaboration with the youths would enhance each native manufacturing and exports, increase income accruing to the federation account and the nation’s economic system.

He stated the decision grew to become crucial as a way of integrating the South-East youths into the mainstream nationwide life.

He stated, “It has grow to be crucial to voice the necessity for the Federal Authorities to look extra inward and into technique of integrating the South-East in mainstream nationwide life.

“This might be carried out by co-opting it’s youths as companions within the sourcing and safety of sources discovered within the area, together with Infrastructure essential for oil exploration manufacturing and conveyance

“The youths are keen and able to defending oil infrastructure within the area, and granting the license to those youths can be a workable option to examine youth restiveness.”

Okafor additionally urged the Federal Authorities to conduct environmental affect evaluation in Enugu the place coal was exploited years in the past when the commodity served as one of many biggest exports of the nation.

Based on him, water can’t be drilled within the Enugu as your complete space is hole beneath.

“We due to this fact, hope that the Federal Authorities would present honest curiosity in assessing the affect of those years of exploitation on the surroundings and adequately compensate the area,” he added.

Additionally, the Deputy President, Nationwide Youths Council of Nigeria, Mr Harmless Nduanya, stated that gold deposits and different valuable stones within the South-East needs to be exploited with better coordination and function.

 “We’ve considerable geological deposits in Ebonyi, Enugu, Anambra Imo and Abia states, and we would like the Federal Authorities to take advantage of these sources with youths of the area as companions in progress.

“We’d like the youths to be  engaged in order that they’ll grow to be nationwide vanguards, and that manner, peace and nationwide identification can start to be restored.

“We are going to attain out to essential organs of the federal authorities to press dwelling these calls for in a accountable method,” he identified.