National Coordinator of a Yoruba group, Odua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams has said that the Pipeline Security contract awarded to the group will provide 15,000 jobs for Yoruba youths.
Adams also said President Goodluck Jonathan should be praised for awarding the contract to the group.
Adams said this while reacting to the allegation by the All Progressive Congress that Jonathan bribed ethnic militias with N9bn to scamper the elections.
He said “The allegation is that the Federal Government gave us a contract: Pipeline security. What is the security of pipeline to the OPC? We have been running this organisation without getting a dime from any government but most of the security agencies saddled with the responsibility of protecting the pipelines have failed; people were dying every day.
“Nigeria was losing more than N3bn everyday to the activities of the vandals and the agitation of that contract started from Dr. Fredrick Fasehun one and a half years ago and you know the bureaucracy of Nigerian ministries. It was a long process and it was just granted and it will empower nothing less than 5,000 youths from my side.
“Altogether, that is about 15,000 jobs for Yoruba land. Will you deny Yoruba youths the opportunity of getting 15,000 jobs because of politics?”
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