Okoroawusa:
Niger delta youths ve to deal decisively with these elders.The elders r d problem of d region.Coniving wit every govt dat comes to short change their ppl.

D worse is d era of GEJ.After 6 years,nothing to show for it in d niger-delta.

omenka:
The government can keep on greasing palms after palms just to placate these people, the blackmail will NEVER stop at long as we have no other major means of sustenance.

I remember anything article Bruce wrote sometime ago about the "dictatorship of the minority" (something like that) where he opined that "unless Nigeria finds oil in as much quantity elsewhere in the country as there is in the Niger Delta, they region would continue to hold the country to ransom". There, he made a case for the propriety of oil exploration in the Chad basin and other such places far flung from the ND.

He talked about the abhorrence of nature to the concept of singularity and how such situations, wherever they occur, breed nothing but trouble and alot other undesirable stuffs. Reason why in nature we much always have opposites like man and woman, forest and grassland, desert and ocean, day and night, black and white, rich and poor, etc.

As long as this situation of singularity/monopoly as regards our means of income as per location and commodity persists, this cycle of blackmail and intimidation in return for quick cash both from the elders and youths of the region will continue to be our lot.

Randyhot:
Meetings Meetings Meetings all the time with nothing tangible to show of.
God is coming to lead Biafrans to their promised land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

EmeeNaka:
you are fraying nerves with this unintelligent assertions.
Firstly, you failed to acknowledge the root cause of instability in the Niger delta. It's not just oil,it's the environmental degradation brought by that exploration and which value is not felt by people suffering it's negative impacts.
Secondly,you wrongly assumed that finding oil in another place will stop the agitation by the Niger delta groups. Isn't that a diabolical statement. You should ask what govt has done to uplift the people that are suffering the carnage of the oil exploration. That's what justice entails.
BTW, Nigeria must not be oil oil,we must create manufacturing industries, technologies and stop capital flight, so that the little money we got can be home with us.

Randyhot:
Meetings Meetings Meetings all the time with nothing tangible to show of.
God is coming to lead Biafrans to their promised land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

omenka:
The government can keep on greasing palms after palms just to placate these people, the blackmail will NEVER stop at long as we have no other major means of sustenance.

I remember anything article Bruce wrote sometime ago about the "dictatorship of the minority" (something like that) where he opined that "unless Nigeria finds oil in as much quantity elsewhere in the country as there is in the Niger Delta, they region would continue to hold the country to ransom". There, he made a case for the propriety of oil exploration in the Chad basin and other such places far flung from the ND.

He talked about the abhorrence of nature to the concept of singularity and how such situations, wherever they occur, breed nothing but trouble and alot other undesirable stuffs. Reason why in nature we much always have opposites like man and woman, forest and grassland, desert and ocean, day and night, black and white, rich and poor, etc.

As long as this situation of singularity/monopoly as regards our means of income as per location and commodity persists, this cycle of blackmail and intimidation in return for quick cash both from the elders and youths of the region will continue to be our lot.

Truckpusher:
Such articles will always be remembered by people like you but when he makes a case for the impoverishment of the same region you simply took him to the cleaners.
Talk about hypocrisy and double standard.
If the FG and the people that benefits from such arrangements isn't getting the best out of it , would they have maintained such policies for more than 50yrs ? What we need is empathy and not these show of shame while trying to maintain a high moral ground even as you stink to high heavens with corrupt practices. Nigeria is a big fraud.

Mynd44:
https://www.nairaland.com/3965567/osibanjo-meets-niger-delta-leaders

Randyhot:
Meetings Meetings Meetings all the time with nothing tangible to show of.
God is coming to lead Biafrans to their promised land, a land flowing with milk and honey.