He added: “The problem we are having too is that the officials in the Nigerian Embassy here are making matters worse for us. What they do is to collect money individually from our relations before they will go and ask for the release of anyone instead of seeking for the release of all of us like the Kenyan Government and others did.

They also called on the Federal and state governments to open the waterways, demilitarize the kingdom and resettle the displaced children, women and the burnt communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom to achieve the desired peace for the sake of our collapsing economy.

Vanguard gathered that theft was carefully planned and executed but when it was noticed, the electricians were first picked up before the policemen guarding the estate were also picked up last week Friday.

By Funmi Komolafe GENEVA—Faced with  a global unemployment crisis that could linger for about six to eight years, members of the ILO including Nigeria,  at the end of the 98th International Labour Conference adopted a Global Jobs Pact designed to guide national and international policies towards stimulating economic recovery and  generating jobs.

“Despite the early releases of the first quarter capital warrants on 9th January 2009 for on-going projects, capital budget implementation averaged 20.68 per cent at N33.26 billion out of the N160.84 billion cash backed by the Office of the Accountant-General.