dayokanu:

But we Southerners claim that when northerners rule, they find a way of awarding road contracts and developmental projects to themselves.

In addition to the derivation of the Niger Delta, A Special money is also being given to militants.

If after Jonathans regime, the Life of the Niger Deltan has still not improved then who is to blame

diluminati:
sir permit me to say you are an ETERNAL FOOL.

Eziachi:
You can hardly blame them, as no one knew about basic amenities in the creeks when others had been siphoning the same money for close to 46 years and now its their turn, we are telling them about being reasonable. It doesn't work like that.
Wait until its the turn of the Igbos proper, if ever, that is.

confusion247:
You've said it all. The choice is ours, give them the money and have unlimited access to the oil or withhold the money and no access to the oil.

PapaBrowne: Ok so these guys are paid like 50million dollars yearly. How is that a big deal? Or should they go back to the creeks? When they were in the creeks they were earning much more. Nigeria was producing just 700,000 barrels daily. Today we have added 2 million barrels to that. Because these guys are paid 50 million doillars yearly, we are now earning approximately 200 million dollars daily which is 70 billion dollars yearly.
My brother, it is only common sense to pay them. The FG doesn't have the capacity to manage another Niger Delta crises. The country will collapse in a second if that happens again. Trust me, this era is different from 2008. In 2008, we didn't have 18,000 as minimum wage neither did we have the Boko Haram scourge!
Anything to keep them off the creeks is just fine. Trust me that figure is way below the real figures. Over 1 Billion dollars is spent to keep them off the creeks. But it is worth every penny as we can see in our improved oil earnings!

Demdem:

Of cos they will. Its a matter of time. Another criminous group will spring up for no where for the same marginalisation reason. The enviroment is still miserable than before. it would have been better if all these funds are spent on the enviroment as regards infrastructures instead of going to personal hands.

alexdidi: pple ahbeg, 'criminous' dey dictionary?

slap1: Jonathan is a BIG FOOL, if this is true. He went to school without shoes and graduated without brains. ID.IO.T.

slap1: Jonathan is a BIG FOOL, if this is true. He went to school without shoes and graduated without brains. ID.IO.T.

Akilo kazeem: If terorist are paid such amount of money,then what does the fg expect the civillians to do.....cant they arrest this people and put them were they beloung instead of compesating them.......nawaooooo

Sealeddeal: Its not government problem not to have fought the militancy or to have granted them amnesty.its just government problem to have created an environment where somethings(violence) of this nature thrives.Nigeria govt failed in developing nigerians and have inadvertently fueled violence in many forms.the big question is,do u think dat govt could have fought and defeated Niger delta militancy by now? Do u think dat the recorded height in oil exploration is not direct implication of reduction of militancy operation in niger delta? Knowing fully dat many of the 21st century insurgency have not been defeated by any nation,why dnt u think dat amnesty granted to niger delta militant was right step?the militancy in niger delta was equally being fueled by foreing country who gave them military support in exchange of oil,so du think dat by now dat nigeria will still be producing oil?this kind of issue existed back then in Los angelis in USA and their Mayor offered them amnesty to drop their gun in exchange of some dollars.but recently,US has been able to put themselves in order and as such,they no longer negotiate for such incidence because they are sure they have provided for their people and have as well sedured their territory.Nigeria will continue to negotiate with criminals until they put their house in order to the extent of guareteeing optimal security to her citizen.Dats equally,the same reason why i am always of the opinion dat govt should negotiate with BH.because if the violence lingers,people will continue to die,money will continue to be wasted in security/property,Econony will continue to decline and those hoping to get may not get one while those who already have but in a crisis ridden region will continue to be threatened to the extent of losing their job.nigeria have not put appropriate security environment to prevent insurgence or tackle violence.So,i support the amnesty given the niger delta militant.

dejustice: Who owns Sahara Reporters.
How come the are simply Anti-Government?
They don't ever report any good about the Government.
Once, I see Sahara Reporter, I can easily predict that, their report must be about bringing the government down?
How true are most of their report and is this what true Journalism is all about?
Thanks to Political Platform Ray Power, this morning on the subject matter and what true Journalism represent.