It appears that the South-East geo-political is not the only part of the Country feeling esttranged from the Presiden Muhammadu Buhari's administation. Equally felt left in the cold, the Ijaw Youths from the Six States of the South-south region have  sent a letter to President Mohammadu Buhari alerting him of the alleged destructive policies of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) against institutions set up and funded by the Federal Government in the region.

The angry Ijaw Youths,under the umbrella of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) worldwide, critiqued the recent policies of the NIMASA and argued that it has drastically reduced and crippled the institutions such as the the take-off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko and the NIMASA Science and Technical College, Okoloba in Delta State.

The IYC, in a statement issued  by its spokesman, Hon. Eric Omare, accused the NIMASA administration of alleged political victimization and other issues including embargo on the  continued funding of the Maritime University and the NIMASA Science and Technical College, which they described as  selective and anti-Niger-Delta.

The statement argued  that the political victimization is a policy taken too far," Since assumption of office, all steps taken by President Buhari and his kinsmen with respect to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) are all geared towards the frustration of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, NIMASA Science and Technical College, Okoloba, Delta State and any project or programme perceived to be of benefit to the Niger Delta region."

"President Buhari’s administration has ordered all ongoing projects, programmes and the take-off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko to be stopped, whereas other tertiary institutions in other part of the country where maritime programmes are being sponsored by NIMASA are allowed to continue. These institutions are Ibrahim Babangida University, Minna, Niger State, University of Lagos, Federal University of Technology, Gombe and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the approval for the maritime programmes in these institutions were given at same with the Maritime University, Okerenkoko."

" The IYC is convinced that this is a continuation of President Buhari’s victimization of the Niger Delta region especially the Ijaw people as a fall out of the last Presidential election. This is totally unexpected of a statesman which President Buhari ought to be."

"It would interest Nigerians and the world to know that these institutions and a few others are the only federal presence in the Ijaw areas of the Niger Delta region apart from the oil and gas facilities littered everywhere and acting as a curse and sorrow to our people. The IYC cannot fathom any reason why President Buhari administration cannot allow institutions that would address some of the educational challenges facing our people in the Niger Delta region, but is only interested in the free flow of the crude oil resources in the region." the group argued