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Britain ready to help Nigeria tackle Delta violence
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TOYAKO, Japan, July 9 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday that Britain was ready to help Nigeria tackle lawlessness that has hit oil output from its southern Delta region.

"We stand ready to give help to the Nigerians to deal with lawlessness that exists in this area and to achieve the levels of production that Nigeria is capable of, but because of the law and order problems has not been able to achieve," Brown told a news conference at the Group of Eight summit.

Brown said he would be meeting Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua in London next week.

Yar'Adua, also in Japan this week for a G8 gathering with African leaders, called for a global clampdown on the theft and smuggling of crude oil, an international trade which is fuelling unrest in the Niger Delta. (Reporting by David Clarke)

July 9, 2008 | 11:21 AM Comments  7 comments

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ojeremen Stephen Ojeremen
July 9, 2008 | 11:44 AM
Niger Delta
This is a classical indication of a failing state. The government's failure to guaranty the people’s security and well-being is the root cause of the Niger Delta crisis.This is a crisis of social order borne of lack of social contract between the people and the government.

Way forward is; the urgent need for a social contract which will guaranty the peoples' security and well-being. In this case, there will be a need for mutual consent between the ruled and the rulers to champion the way forward.

The Niger Delta issue is not to be handled with kids gloves as has been displayed in the years past till date.

Government/leaders hear the people’s voice and let peace reign
Olowotee Olowoyeye Oluwatosin Anu
July 9, 2008 | 12:22 PM
True Talk.
"The Niger Delta issue is not to be handled with kids gloves as has been displayed in the years past till date."

This is true and I wish our Government would rise up to doing what is right and good!
ojeremen Stephen Ojeremen
July 9, 2008 | 1:58 PM
Peace and Justice
Yes, it should not be handled with kid gloves, it’s very unfortunate, even after independence, and Nigeria cannot handle her own problems. All our leaders know is to put money away in banks abroad that should have been use to develop these region, and neglect simple domestic problems that can be resolved through dialogue, communication, shared thoughts through reasoning that makes sense and acceptable.

We always have to lean to Britain for help...they travel abroad for medical check up as if there are no hospitals in Nigeria, you know what? we need the Prime Minister of Britain to tell us we need to build and equip our hospitals in Nigeria oh no, we need Britain to tell us our roads are bad and to fix them...this greed and cold heartedness I don’t care to recognize.

We need peace and justice in Nigeria

Ikahota Ikahota
July 9, 2008 | 2:45 PM

I try not to engage myself in politics because the subject and those who are behind it have never made sense to me, nonetheless, does it make any political sense that if President Yar'Adua would be meeting PM Brown next week, one of the subjects that would be discussed would be the Niger Delta crisis?

To me, if the content of their discourse would be the above, then it would be a big shame on the part of Nigerian President because it would amount to further washing our dirty linen in public. Heaven lord, Nigerians know the solution to the Niger Delta crisis! The Niger Deltans are saying "We are the producers of the country's wealth in the meantime since the country is so cold not to realize that the country has several other sources of wealth, so take good care of us and stop impoverishing us."

Alright, maybe Nigerian President wants the PM to withdraw the British soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan to come and fight the Niger Delta militants.

I have got headache and I have got to sleep to save myself from this Presidential Shame!

believeafrica BELIEVE AFRICA
July 10, 2008 | 7:23 AM

"...I don't even see why they want to organize another summit. Since 1958, Nigerians have been talking about the Niger Delta. Niger Delta Workshop. Niger Delta Conference. Niger Delta Dialogue. Niger Delta Retreat. Now they want a Summit . What is the difference? We talk too much in this country but we lack the political will to act. We all know what is wrong with the Niger Delta and with Nigeria . Let the Yar'Adua administration address the Niger Delta Question. The answer lies in Resource Control. We are not even asking for 100 per cent. We are still willing to share part of the oil revenue with other Nigerians, but to tell us what we should take, and how we should behave within Nigeria, then you will have more kidnappings, more oil theft and greater chaos in the Delta region." …By Ruben Abati, a dialogue on the Nigeria's situation.
ojeremen Stephen Ojeremen
July 10, 2008 | 2:10 PM
Stop the war
Our leaders should think deeply before going on arms shopping spree. The government of these industrialised nations wills advice war so that they can sell arms to support their ailing economy. The money for arms can go a long way in transforming the Niger Delta into a more habitable area of the nation.
Ikahota Ikahota
July 11, 2008 | 8:18 AM

Since the Colonial masters handed power to Nigerians, we have not added a single track of railway etc. But, Colonial masters built these railways with cash crops and not with crude OIL money.

Where is the quality of life in our beloved country?

I am not impressed with this talk of due process by President Yar’Adua. When the government always disobeys laws, how can they expect the citizens to comply?

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