I do not see a reason why this should be news at a time when fathers are dying elsewhere. They do not seem to feel the pains of the average Nigerian suffering in the country. Enough of the butt-licking and let us tell it the way we feel it. People are losing their jobs and their sources of livelihood just because of some few criminals who looted and mismanaged our economy for almost a century. The sad truth is that these same guys are still celebrated by us. Our fathers have had their share of the pain and now we, the pre-supposed leaders of (today)tomorrow are made to view the same faces and images as our fathers and celebrate? If eyes cant be opened ears can at least hear. Where does this lead us? Nigeria is broke and people in Aso rock are still celebrating? We are having a recession here. Need we spell it out in Dutch? These men in the picture have no worries in life. They are made as well as their children. We simply wish them happy father's day and return to our suffering. they dont care about you

Are we not humans? have we no conscience? does the blood of our brother mean nothing to us? are we going to sit and wait till we fall victims? it might not be you or your child, it might be your brother tomorrow or you father. We all reject it, though the killings of the innocent seem to continue. When the youth take up arms to defend themselves we get too quick to criticise them. Why do we act so nonchalant over the grief and pain of others? do we think we are safer when other die off? it all rotates, brothers. the way you pretend not to care about whatever pain others go through, so you will be served as at when due. unlawful killing of our youths should be publicly criticized and the perpetrators brought to book. Why do stories like this not make frontpage??
Read below for the report of an eye witness on Nairaland
[i]"Students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, on Sunday went on rampage after police reportedly fired both teargas and live bullets at the students, killing two and injuring 3 others. Ibironke Tolulope Ilosiwaju, a student of the school, who witnessed the incident posted the following on Facebook. “An accident occurred last night in my school Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo (RUGIPO). Police got involved, which led to 2 student’s death. “This morning, students went to police station peacefully with no arms. On getting there, the police turned the student to animal. They started shooting at us as if we are not human even MR RECTOR almost got shot in the process. Four students shot by the police, have already been hospitalized”[/i]https://www.nairaland.com/3175993/violence-rocks-rufus-giwa-polytechnic

Well, i have in many ways. It depends on your faith and your ability to see that you have been given wisdom. there are situations in your life that warrant decisions being made in a split of a second and you wonder how you choose the correct one? Many times you have cheated death but you might not know. many of us have sometimes said things that others have said and got killed for, but our manner or tone of delivery could have been wise enough to keep us alive. Your being alive today involves daily decisions and if not for wisdom.... who knows. so, hoping to see wisdom display itself in physical you may wait till eternity. wisdom is abstract and can only be visible through works and only for those who truly want to see it

i am glad people like you are well-informed enough to break down the statistics for us. You can imagine where does our money go?

Millerz:
Point of correction. The Niger Delta produces 92% or 94% the total crude in Nigeria.

Again you're wrong. Nigeria made $78b in 2015 from crude oil alone, the lowest in a long long time. Nigeria made over $99b in 2013 alone from crude oil.

The fact is we let it thrive and that is the problem

AngryNigerian:


Yes! Thats what I am saying...militancy, aggressive behaviours, etc stems from unaddressed injustice! If the nation's elite will stop being myopic and address d injustice meted out on these people!

Who is being deceived here? I refuse to read those thrash you filter for fools. That is why it took BBC to announce the death of Sani Abacha. No local media could do it. It takes foeign newspapes to report the massive rigging during elctions in Nigeria. For now, to get the truth about ongoings in Nigeria, one needs the BBC, Aljazeera or Saharareporters. Our newspaper are owned by top politicians and what would you expect to read? For those living in Nigeria, they get briefed by their relatives living abroad. What you know is what you are told and not what it is. You really need to be informed. The questions that we ask does not corroborate your newspaper report. Who owns the blocs? tell us the names. where are the blocs? tell us the locations. What quantity is explored from each bloc? we need to know. Even after your newspapers report we are still asking the same question. which makes your reports useless. how can you claim to be informed having read such crazy report? We are not fools, we know the answers we seek. Guess what, one explosion and the news says 4million barrels have exploded, from which bloc was the 4million barrels rigged? We need to know.

mrvitalis:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/how-we-award-oil-blocks-fg/
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/123588-the-north-does-not-control-nigerias-oil-blocks-by-toyin-akinosho.html
Read and don't be decived

The real people agitating are not actually the militants. You will never hear the voices of the true agitators because they are not armed. Our system seems to need aggressiveness and violence to respond to calls. The people are not dummies, but hey have no say for themselves. Many times they have attempted to speak out, but they get shot at till they become mute. Ken Saro Wiwa was only an activist without arms, yet he was murdered in 1995. So tell me, what truly is the right course? The military is used to dish out violence and deaths to peaceful agitators because they are vulnerable. Our media will not report such stories because they are also beneficiaries. Put yourself in the positions of the militants for a minute. If you found yourself in penury and your livelihood is taken away from you what would be your next option in a government like ours? Take a visit to the Niger Delta and you will hardly find any standard place worth living in. Companies move their offices to Lagos and Abuja thereby making the Niger Delta a factory.The people given the cash are militants who create terror and not the masses. They are not the average man with a vision or hope for the future. They live to die the next minute.

AngryNigerian:
They wil never focus on responding to such questions at all! How can you allow a status qou to change when your life & the luxuries that follow depend on that!

My only problem with these militants is that they arent genuinely agitating for the right course...it can b seen from what happened before. They are given some cash, & then they keep quiet!!!

How many oil blocs do we have in Nigeria? Where are all the blocs located? Who owns the oil blocs? How did they become owners of these blocs? For how long have they been owners of these blocs? These questions will pop in your head when you begin to wonder why some people have wealth that Forbes cannot quantify. Let us take away sentiments and judge right for a minute. If a well is dug in your compound and someone from the next neighbourhood claims to own the well and claims all dividends from the land, wouldn't you find that preposterous? How is this possible that oil blocs are shared to people living thousands of miles away and the indigenous people from whose lands the oil is explored are left to inhale the chemical substances and the effects of oil spills and pollution only. The kings in the Niger Delta communities do not have oil blocs, while civil servants or just a business man without a reputable record from elsewhere will be given oil blocs. Let our change be transparent to all Nigeians. We will like to know who owns each oil bloc and a record of the quantity of crude exploited from each bloc. Let our change be visible in all directions. We are here for Buhari, and it is ripe for things to begin to open up. Let the questions Nigerians are asking be answered. we are tired of reading filtered news on our dailies. Let us be transparent in a way that is visible to the mere eyes.
https://www.facebook.com/ben.amin.5/videos/1169835536402594/

The Niger Delta produces more than 80% of the crude exported from Nigeria. Nigeria made over 38 billion dollars in 2015 alone. It is unfair that the Niger Delta has been left in the hands of looters and criminals when the average man in the Niger Delta lacks clean Oxygen to breathe. The soil has degraded, the water is pulluted and there is no standard hospital for the average Niger Deltan. In many villages there isn't portable water for the people. Most people living close to the oil wells are without jobs. Many people in whose lands oil is drilled are begging for food to feed. The governement has not been able to build bridges connecting swamps and creeks. The third Mainland bridge can be replicated in the Niger Delta areas to connect families from the creeks to the suburban areas. During the wet season, some villages are entirely submerged under water leaving families and children without any hope. In many communities there are no police stations, clinics or even a nearby pharmacy. The media powers neglect these people by not giving enough publicity to their pressing needs. Many rivers and streams are totally polluted leaving spills afloat on the surface of the body of water. Ken Saro Wiwa was killed in 1995 for fighting for the environmental safety of his land. The oil and gas companies who would rather buy estates for their undustries and residences and lavishly develop them leaving other areas in slump and degrading state. Can we go on neglecting the people and expect milantancy not to continually sprout? The people are jobless and they need a hope for their future. Dipping cash into the pockets of their chairmen doesnt not encourage any change at all. The government truly needs to map out a program that will curb future uprising and militancy in these areas.
Before the oil exploration, they were farmers and fishermen who sold their beads, rubber and timber for survival. The oil has brought more harm and disunity between the people. Now, how does this profit the average man in the Niger Delta? There should be a program for the youths and children of today, because taking up arms and explosives has proven a better choice over the decades. No more activists like Ken Saro Wiwa in the Niger Delta. We now have leaders of gangs and militants fully armed and their mission is simple, "blow up the rigs and oil blocs".
The series of meetings being held today is with specific people which will not satisfy the average Niger Deltan and that is why militancy is not ceasing. Will it be too much for the federal government to oversee development in these regions of the Niger Delta? Let's have your say
https://www.facebook.com/ben.amin.5/videos/1169831306403017/

The Niger Delta produces more than 80% of the crude exported from Nigeria. Nigeria made over 38 billion dollars in 2015 alone. It is unfair that the Niger Delta has been left in the hands of looters and criminals when the average man in the Niger Delta lacks clean Oxygen to breathe. The soil has degraded, the water is pulluted and there is no standard hospital for the average Niger Deltan. In many villages there isn't portable water for the people. Most people living close to the oil wells are without jobs. Many people in whose lands oil is drilled are begging for food to feed. The governement has not been able to build bridges connecting swamps and creeks. The third Mainland bridge can be replicated in the Niger Delta areas to connect families from the creeks to the suburban areas. During the wet season, some villages are entirely submerged under water leaving families and children without any hope. In many communities there are no police stations, clinics or even a nearby pharmacy. The media powers neglect these people by not giving enough publicity to their pressing needs. Many rivers and streams are totally polluted leaving spills afloat on the surface of the body of water. Ken Saro Wiwa was killed in 1995 for fighting for the environmental safety of his land. The oil and gas companies who would rather buy estates for their undustries and residences and lavishly develop them leaving other areas in slump and degrading state. Can we go on neglecting the people and expect milantancy not to continually sprout? The people are jobless and they need a hope for their future. Dipping cash into the pockets of their chairmen doesnt not encourage any change at all. The government truly needs to map out a program that will curb future uprising and militancy in these areas.
Before the oil exploration, they were farmers and fishermen who sold their beads, rubber and timber for survival. The oil has brought more harm and disunity between the people. Now, how does this profit the average man in the Niger Delta? There should be a program for the youths and children of today, because taking up arms and explosives has proven a better choice over the decades. No more activists like Ken Saro Wiwa in the Niger Delta. We now have leaders of gangs and militants fully armed and their mission is simple, "blow up the rigs and oil blocs".
The series of meetings being held today is with specific people which will not satisfy the average Niger Deltan and that is why militancy is not ceasing. Will it be too much for the federal government to oversee development in these regions of the Niger Delta? Let's have your say
https://www.facebook.com/ben.amin.5/videos/1169831306403017/

Believe me, that is his constitutional right. We cannot deprive him that. If he deems hospitals in London more equipped to give him the medical care that he desires, that is indeed his choice. Nevertheless, we also want him to give a facelift to the state of our hospitals here in the country. People do not need to travel that far to get standard medical treatment anymore. Let the change morpheme extend to the administrations in our hospitals as well. As we all might have read what the president of Tanzania did in his country, we also want the same for Nigeria. we have no other home, so we will fight to protect our own. We support his fight against corruption and we hope this extends to many other sectors. Let the criminals be called out publicly and let them answer to the consequences of their crimes.
https://www.facebook.com/ben.amin.5/videos/1170090949710386/