ba7man:
Niger Delta. Rather than form alliances, lobby and negotiate till they get a foothold in the scheme of things, they rather threaten and give ultimatums.

Brain power truly is king.

Books on self development, Chess and game of thrones won't make any meaning to these peeps............. but wrestling will.

pazienza:
ChimaObi Ibeneche an Igbo man from Imo state forced the relocation of NLNG headquarters from Lagos to Rivers state. Guess who were those behind the location of such in Lagos to start with? Yea you guessed right, the Yorubas. Guess who tried to use every blackmail tactics possible to armtwist Chimaobi and delay/ possibly prevent the relocation of the company to Rivers state? The Yorubas. http://saharareporters.com/2011/10/27/nlng-managing-director-70-million-headquarters-relocation-controversy


Now we know why some people are holding tight to the Mirage of One Nigeria and are having heart attack at the mention of Biafra.

Okpara over saw the relocation of Shell from Owerri to PH, cos he knew that was the right thing to do. But after the war, Awo ensured all the oil companies Headquarters were located to Lagos.


Hope the usual " Igbo want our Oil people" are listening.

alpontif:


1000 Gbosaas for this statement!..totally true.

Seriously it baffles me How these ND people dont Know that the best way to win in this century is through Diplomacy, Knowing the game, playing the game. Violence or the threat of violence only goes to show that they are all clueless idiots who think Brawn is Mightier than brains. These Guys should just calm down, get educated, stop looking for handouts, enter strategic levels of oil and gas business, create peaceful( not extortive) business environments in the delta. That is the only way to prevent Coys moving away from that area.

alpontif:


1000 Gbosaas for this statement!..totally true.

Seriously it baffles me How these ND people dont Know that the best way to win in this century is through Diplomacy, Knowing the game, playing the game. Violence or the threat of violence only goes to show that they are all clueless idiots who think Brawn is Mightier than brains. These Guys should just calm down, get educated, stop looking for handouts, enter strategic levels of oil and gas business, create peaceful( not extortive) business environments in the delta. That is the only way to prevent Coys moving away from that area.

IzonOwei:
when the oil dries up the rest of nigeria would have to reciprocate the love once showed by the niger deltan by letting us share with them in the proceeds of their mineral/other resources...

so after this long while of bleeding the niger delta dry you think we wont come around to enjoy with the other regions?

dallyemmy:
Why would NLNG plan to move the shipyard to Lagos? I think the hostility of the same Niger Delta Youths is responsible for the planned relocation.

BarrElChapo:
I support buhari but I don't support this move... Haba South-south and South-east no reap d fruit of democracy from you cos we didn't vote U ??

knowledgeable:



how come the hostilities of the Niger delta people didn't effect the main base of the company drilling there?.

tonychristopher:
Bunch of ingrates, what ids wrong with these Niger Deltans especially these creek dudes in Bayelsa, Patani Delta South...for heaven sake one stupid Ijaw man that was our former president did not even do anything meanigful to his people, he wanted to build ship yard or port at Delta but Urhobo, Ijaw and Iteshekiri were dragging who owns the land#



why are these Niger Deltans too petty with ogogoro mentality....is it proximity to water is making them reason like fishes


aplogogy to anioma, efik,Anan and oron the rest Niger delta from itshekiri to ijaw then nembe are just clueless and stupid


with all the trillions dumped there what do they have to show for it


I think they should do the lagoon thing for us ...directed by Oba Akiolu

nduchucks:
These so-called youths think that lawlessness remains the order of the day and have forgotten than parade has changed gear with the effect that GEJ has long returned to Otuoke.

Let them attempt the threatened terrorist act and face the consequences. What jobless and lazy rogues!! nansense

dallyemmy:
Mind you drilling an oil well is totally different from building Shipyard. The people concern must have weighed the implications of siting the Shipyard at both locations and opted for the less challenging. The people of Niger Delta need to create enabling environment and shun actions that could chase investors away. Warri presently is shadow of what it used to be.

kossyablaze:
Its funny though that many of the oil agencies are
headquartered outside the Niger Delta. We even
have a refinery in Kaduna. If the NLNG has been a private ish, I won't complain. But a government
agency taking its shipyard away from its base of
operations is weird to me.
Cc DaGC , SMARTKOSSY

chukwudi44:


I hope you are ready to join the army or Navy and not hide behind your keypad when the gbege begins

Symphony007:
this is not about tribalism, it's about opportunity and common sense, what is the sense in building a seaport in the city with the most seaports in the nation...taking jobs away from those who need it and are the bane if your buisness to somewhere else, it is just ridiculous and an insult to host communities.

ezeagu:


This is nonsense, if they're that concerned about their security, let them focus on drilling oil off Lagos' coast.

agabusta:


Correction, NLNG is one of the beneficiaries, and not the sole beneficiary. The ship yard will not service only the oil and gas sector. Why do u guys find it so hard to see that. Infact it will service the entire West African shipping industry.

Symphony007:
I let's stay on topic! This is about a shipyard where ships that transport liquefied gas will be built, repaired, maintained,etc and it should be built in the nigeria delta. Home of all the gas plants, oil rigs and oil terminals, the federal government of nigeria should invest or seek partners to develop it's ports and not encourage injustice. There is no single argument to justify this. Bonny island even has a better access to the Atlantic than lagos so what is this apart from a calculated attempt to rip off niger delta's of their jobs. It should be noted that all this is happening when the first batch of maritime academy students trained in the jonathan administration revamped maritime academy in warri are to graduate. This will not stand.

OfoIgbo:
Yes, the whole Lagos-Ibadan Press tagged GEJ as clueless, but Yorubas now want something that rightfully belongs to GEJ's people.

As an Igboman, I am so elated that ndi MBAMMILI have recovered from the hypnosis they were placed under by the combined forces of the Nigerian govt and certain elements in the Delta that cooperated with feds to hoodwink the people.

It is decisions of this nature that has made RADIO BIAFRA the number one radio station in the Niger Delta. People are waking up to their rights

kossyablaze:
Its funny though that many of the oil agencies are
headquartered outside the Niger Delta. We even
have a refinery in Kaduna. If the NLNG has been a private ish, I won't complain. But a government
agency taking its shipyard away from its base of
operations is weird to me.
Cc DaGC , SMARTKOSSY

jsleekysleeky:
The decision to site a dry shipyard in the Badagary is a well-thought business decision, only individuals who lack the capacity for objective reasoning will see it as an attempt to marginalize the Niger-Delta. It is this sort of parochial mentality that has retarded Nigeria's growth. This "because oil and gas is produced in the Niger-Delta, therefore all businesses relating to oil and gas should be sited in the Niger-Delta even if it is not economically feasible to do so" mentality is idiocy...How can a person with common sense reason this way ?. To the so called "Youth Leaders", the age of blackmailing oil companies to pay bribes by shouting marginalization each time an oil company or FG wants to invest in other parts of Nigeria is gone. Turn away from this negative way of thinking and living because it will only lead to self destruction.

Goodboiyy:


Actually people crying fowl here ain't even from ND, trying so hard to make ND fight there fight.

Am itsekiri and I see nothing wrong with this, Its just a Shipyard 4 God sake.

Guyman02:
Any topic about Niger Delta is quickly turned into 'Igbos want your Oil' by non Igbos and South-South people here, meanwhile this relocation is not to Nsukka or Abagana but to Lagos. Divide and Rule of the Igbos and South-South will no longer work as media control is no longer in the South West and BBC/CNN.

Goodboiyy:


Actually people crying fowl here ain't even from ND, trying so hard to make ND fight there fight.

Am itsekiri and I see nothing wrong with this, Its just a Shipyard 4 God sake.

chetaraph:


Correction taken! But still siting such a project in other regions that has d capacity of offshore business is not a bad idea.