A new youth movement in the South-South, 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC), has warned critics of the Calabar-Lagos Highway to desist from discouraging the Federal Government from achieving the first major landmark project in the Niger Delta.
While the group commended President Bola Tinubu for the approval of the road that would transverse the coastlines of the Niger Delta, it said the highway is both a political and economic masterstroke by the present administration.
The group in a statement by its Coordinator, Izon Ebi, asserted that the project, when completed, would bring about an economic boom and tourism renaissance in the Niger Delta area. The statement added that they were baffled that some people were protesting the “noble economic thrust of the President”.
The statement read: “We are forced to wonder if it’s because the project is not sited in their region or they can no more hide their hate and disdain for the Niger Delta people. We the people of the Niger Delta support the President’s noble stride, and, on this note, send clear warnings to haters of the Niger Delta to steer clear”.