fanex:
neglected i hear you say? you need to check your facts very carefully. do you know the benefits that this part of the country enjoys. do you know what derivation is? there is amnesty programs, ministry of niger delta, direct oil companies grants and endless advantages.

lets be honest if they spend everything nigeria earns on that part of the country it will still remain the same.

Abeg help me boro this ppl small sense cos i no just understand dem problem

so are you telling me now that oil money is used to develop lagos?this is a total crap

Mztarstrechy:
So why didnt they blow it during GEJ's regime?

A bi? I just wonder too ooo.

The comparison is not fair. Lagos and Abuja both have ghettos too. You cant picture city centres of Abuja and Lagos then capture a ghetto in Niger delta. U should go to capture GRA or trans amadi or rumuola in ph or Asaba in delta or uyo in Akwa ibom or calabar in cross river.that will be fair.
The photos are misleading.
A better part of the beautiful houses you see here in Abuja are owned by our Niger Delta brothers.

vivalavida:
If this is the case,no one can blame them.
How can resources in your area be used to make other places look like heaven while the region that brings forth the resources look like hell
That is injustice

are yhu saying they don't have leaders in da region. what are the leaders using their state allocations for. and worst still they had their son at da helm of affairs for six gud years yet he never deemed it fit to develop his region.

femyodsky:
Pictures of Major areas in warri and PH should be taken and compared with that in Ajegunle.

no mind dem

These pictures are not in anyway compareable..if Nigerdelta is demanding for more. What have they done with 13 percent and all the monthly allocations...I smell lies with the leaders of the region

my problem with the ND people is that they them self are not truthful in there doings.when the likes of Tompolo,Asairi,Ayiri,and the rest started this struggle then it was for the region but when money starts coming in it is for them and there families alone.

To me,that is not the problem,lagos is develop because they have more of foreign company there,okay,Abuja we know that it is oil money at work their but remember it is also our capital,it need to look good, do you know how much oil companies and even govt are paying this communities,what are they now using it for,if you see the houses this guy are building or the kind of cars they drive you go fear. Why can't they use this money to develop their communities. Truth be told they are selfish.

olafum1:


They were not much marginalized in appointments & likes or regarded as 5% under GEJ

does same appointments shld have added value to them I'd they were not marginalized as yhu claim under gej. worst still da fact DAT Jonah was their son and he cldnt even develop his region

you need to check your facts very carefully. do you know the benefits that this part of the country enjoys. do you know what derivation is? there is amnesty programs, ministry of niger delta, direct oil companies grants and endless advantages.

lets be honest if they spend everything nigeria earns on that part of the country it will still remain the same.imagine, they cant pay salaries. these people make me laugh. keep bombing eh.

these foreign oil companies will some join forces with the Nigerian Navy and level that creek. innocent or otherwise.

Mztarstrechy:
A Twitter user shared the pics above and wrote......

'Could this be why @Niger Delta Avengers are blowing pipelines or are there more to it than they claim?

Mztarstrechy:
So why didnt they blow it during GEJ's regime?

And why did b/h activities slow down in this PMB rains

Saintbonnie:
But it's still their region they're destroying. They would wish they never did that the day attention shifts from oil.

it will take a long time before Nigeria's attention shifts from oil...
it's possible but with the crop of leaders we have have, all eyes on oil for now...

ephi123:


Which neglect?
As many people have rightly pointed out, oil producing states receive a larger allocation than non-oil producing states i.e. they are collecting extra, what have they done and are they doing with the money, isn't that money meant to be used to develop the region?

Please whose responsibility is it to develop the Niger Delta?

Mztarstrechy:
So why didnt they blow it during GEJ's regime?

Because Jonathan was compensating them with amnesty and bringing in small small development in Niger Delta (e.g Niger Delta uni) until Buhari came in and deemed it unnecessary. Hence their uprising.

What benefits does the Niger Delta enjoy anyway? If you compare that to what oil gives Nigeria, you'll understand that its nothing.

The Niger Delta gets less than 20% of what Nigeria makes from oil and gas. It may be even less than 10 percent.

Op did you only see that slum in the Niger Delta?

How about these?
You ought to be objective, there are slums all over the country. If you go to places like Ikota, maroko, bariga, Alagbado, ajegunle etc in Lagos you will weep for people

Even the so-called amnesty program was a political fraud. Let them keep bombing. One day, they will wake up to find nothing to bomb

Mztarstrechy:
So why didnt they blow it during GEJ's regime?

Same reason boko haram sheath their swords during buhari's regime.

That could actually be, but is the same practice everywhere even Dubai. You can use developments in Abu Dahabi and Dubai compare Aljmah others oil producing states.

there is a state in the niger delta,they built an airport with over 20 billion. At the end of the build, they decided that there was a mountain in front of the airport so they spent another 20 billion removing that mountain. This is the sum story of the different governments in the niger delta. it is always easy to shout oppression but have we asked the right questions?

alfredo4u:
that is y they are bombing.....




Im in support,




I could remember what my lecture use to tell us those days that the people of Niger deltan's are fools, how would they be suffering and the ogas at the top are using their natural endowment to develop their towns.

I guess ur lecturer was a bigot. are da Niger deltans without leaders who receive monthly allocations. they shld ask their leaders wat money is been used for, shey Jonah was their son yet for 6yrs he failed to develop his land

Mztarstrechy:
So why didnt they blow it during GEJ's regime?

That's a good question. In all honesty, I think Jonathan's presidency gave them a little succor. Then we rejected their bro and hell was let loose. Again, calling them 5% didn't help.

If you have ever been to interior Niger Delta, na you go even start the revolt. That's if you are an honest person. Those guys have been treated badly for too long. They should have started their revolt since the 70s.

Make bubu try calm them down and start some concrete development in that zone. There's too much suffering. Their brother was trying to be a Nigerian president and didn't want to be seen as an ijaw president. He should have started some real projects there.

Patini147:
Even the so-called amnesty program was a political fraud. Let them keep bombing. One day, they will wake up to find nothing to bomb

That day, Nigeria will also have nothing to share, shikena!



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coldsummer:
No that is not why they are blowing up their communities. Their communities deteriorated to that level because they keep blowing them up.

and as long as they continue destroying the place with their actions, they will forever be backward

When u collect something u pay well for that thing if it is important to u.
Niger Delta will not and can never remain backward. They will grow but note, a day shall come when everyone will say it is dia thing give them.
ND were asking for 50% n some people in Nigeria said no, n ND were giving 13%.
Hmmmm. Pls don't say they will be backward for ever again.
Now they are bombing pipes we never know how the feature will be. They might shift focus.
The govt should negotiate and do at least two to three of their request and develop all the Niger Delta States.

achi4u:
Yes!
The goose that lays the Golden eggs has been neglected for too long.

but aren't they going the wrong way? destroying their lands isn't the solution the way I see it o, maybe you don't. the governors and politicians there are indigenes, they should be held accountable, methink

waleadex:
I feel their pains really. But why are they just coming up with all these bombing during PMB's regime who is just one year on seat? Have they forgotten that their own son GEJ would have fixed their problems having been on seat of power for 6yrs? Shame!

The agitation have been there for years. You know the agitation was just reduced because of Jonathan.

Besides Jonathan became a war time president because of those who didn't want him in power. Spending trillions fighting boko haram money to be used for better things.

What on Earth is wrong with us?!
First of all the first picture is simply deceptive cos it's certainly not Lagos
Secondly over 90% of the spectacular buildings in Lagos were built by privately owned companies and not government.
Thirdly Lagos gets less money from the Federation Account than either Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Delta state the difference is that Lagos spends its money wisely.
Lastly wouldn't it have made a bit more sense if the originator of the article took a picture of Port Harcourt or Uyo to represent the Niger Delta. Why didn't he take a picture of Makoko to represent Lagos or Zuba to represent Abuja?

I hope those stoking ethnic hatred and secession would be able to stand the heat that would be the most probable consequence of their actions.

Mztarstrechy:
A Twitter user shared the pics above and wrote......

'Could this be why @Niger Delta Avengers are blowing pipelines or are there more to it than they claim?

THE MISTAKE MADE BY THE ELDERS OF SOUTHSOUTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR IS WHAT THE NIGER DELTA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR.

HOPEFULLY, TODAY'S YOUTHS IN THE SOUTHSOUTH HAVE LEARNED LESSONS.
Barcanister over

disappointing comments.

modath:

Did the scavengers just wake up from a coma?

13% ,NDDC, ND Ministry? They are their own problems.

buksaylor001:
Not that I support the relegation of NigerDelta to the background but if we had nobody that has ruled Nigeria that's from there(I mean from there,the main Place),I would have blamed the north and the West but there was a President of Nigeria from the NigerDelta that ruled for SIX whole years-who then are our real enemies?

You don't argue that the time was too short but what was even started?How long does it take to build a hospital,School,Road and a skyscraper ?

Don't blame the north and the west for our predicaments.Even the Governors that are from here,what level of development have they initiated? You can steal but put small thing on ground and cart the rest-No matter what happens,If the your successor comes and then put small too from where you stopped and steals the rest.Little things would be accumulating on the ground waiting for generations of looters to put small and loot the rest.In that sense we make progress in seasonal And clustered developments,Just like River State-

The same GEJ you kept bombing his government right from when election redresults were announced?

vivalavida:
If this is the case,no one can blame them.
How can resources in your area be used to make other places look like heaven while the region that brings forth the resources look like hell
That is injustice

Pls find out who as this University. Where He got his money from and start Ur judgment from there

King Amachree University