“My take or initial conclusion of what we are going to do today and tomorrow is that the Niger Delta is a privatized and sacrifice zone. The gold mines of South Africa, the gas fields, the phosphate fields of Togo and Western Sahara—these are all sacrifices. The lands are sacrificed, the people are sacrificed, and all the revenue goes to the corrupt leaders.”
Browsing: Niger Delta
“The abundant natural resources should have been a source of prosperity and development; rather, the host communities have suffered pollution and land degradation.
The Bayelsa State Government has urged the United Nations to support efforts towards tackling environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region.
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will partner an indigenous firm, Ebedebiri Starch Company, to boost its daily starch production from its present 250,000 metric tonnes.
The Project Coordinator, Edo Federal Government/International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)- Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise in Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), Mr John Omoruyi says the project had contributed 20 metric tones of rice to the state food basket.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) has established separate networks to empower Abia women and youths in agriculture.
The Niger Delta Development Commission has commenced a computer-based test for 5,000 applicants from the Niger Delta region for its Foreign Postgraduate Scholarship programme.
President Bola Tinubu expressed his eagerness to work with the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship candidate and former Minister of State Petroleum Resources, HMSPR, Chief Timipre Sylva, when he is elected as governor of the oil-rich state on Saturday.
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has appealed to the Nigerian Navy to establish a naval base in the Ogun Waterside area of the state, to provide adequate security to the people and their coastal areas.
A Niger Delta group, Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality (MOSIEND) has called for the review of the database of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP).