Youths in Delta State have stated that Federal Government decision to establish a higher Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in the Kaduna State was unacceptable and unbearable to them just as they declared support for the South-South governors over their stand on the matter.

Speaking to media men on the issue in Warri, Hon. Hope George Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria Delta State chapter, said that the youths of Delta State were in support of the decision reached by the South-South Governors on the matter.

Comrade George noted that it was unjust for a Petroleum Institute located in an oil producing zone to produce manpower of lower cadre while that in a non oil producing area would produce high manpower personnel.

He, however appealed to the militants to remain calm as the whole world has now known that they have been fighting a just course.

In his contribution, one of the National Executive of the group, Comrade Ovie Odeghe, expressed disappointment over the silence of Ministers from the South-South, saying that they ought to have walked out of the meeting where the decision was taken in protest.

Meanwhile, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Thompson Okpoko, has commended Governor Uduaghan and his colleagues in the South-South geo-political zone for the bold and courageous decision taken to address the issues troubling the zone.

Okpoko, a former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), urged the people to rally round the governors to ensure that the outcome of the just concluded South-South Governors Forum was not in vain.He said that if it means the people sacrificing their comfort for a period, to achieve the objective, it would be worth the effort.

His words “We commend you, our governor and your colleagues in the other Niger-Delta states for deciding to pull out from the federal government amnesty plan. We cannot agree to any federal government decision that is detrimental to our interest. The Niger-Delta people will give you their full support.”