IS YAR'ADUA SINCERELY COMMITTED 2 SOLVING THE NIGER DELTA CRISIS?

Zie85er
I am still very much skeptical about his actions.Although,the Niger delta ministry is a welcome development,it's still a far cry from what the area needs.They need sustainable development .

ZIE

I go with TheTruth on this one.Until this administration begin to show any serious commitment in the qualitative cum quantitative improvement of the standard of living of the PEOPLE of the Niger Delta,I wont say they are sincere.

ZIE

there's an African proverb that says,"U can tell a child's future from it's 2nd day on earth by the way he/she sucks they mom's breast."I ve not seen the signs yet.

The Ministry of Niger Delta is not a one-size-fit-all solution to the crisis.The sincere and true solution will only come when the following is done:

1.Convening of a true sovereign National Conference to discuss the National questions(unresolved internal contradictions in the Nigerian social formation)Nigeria,as it is now,is a forced marriage.We must renegotiate the terms of this marriage.We cannot continue to pretend that all is well with a state that has being called "a mere geographical expression" by one of it's founders(Awolowo),

2.A true federal & people's Constitution(Fiscal federalism),

3.An abrogation of all the obnoxious laws controlling the Nigerian oil Industry(Petroleum Act 1969,Law Use act,1976,Inland Revenue Act,etc)

4.A stop of all forms of ethnic based political domination & internal colonialism,&

5.the encouragement & support of a new patriotic,honest,productive& disciplined elite in the Niger Delta(The act of choosing corrupt politicians from Abuja to rule the region is part of the crisis)The region need a new set of political class that are highly anthropocentric in their approach to governance.Not these khakistocratic kleptocrats that have over the years connived with their patrons cum friends in the Nigerian central petit-bourgeoisie to expropriate & exploit their own people & ethnic homelands.   

Until these and other sincere measures are taken,20 ministries of Niger delta wont change the fundamental ingredients of the Niger Delta problematic.All these are mere cosmetic measures.

ZIE
OBJ did not do that.His was a Political reform Conference & not a Sovereign National Conference.These are 2 diff things.

My No.3 would not cause any confusion.That was the situation in the country until Oil was found in the ethnic homelands of Ethno-political minorities.

No.4 & 5 are possible.They will only be impossible if the Nigerian state is not ready to sincerely develop the Niger delta; & peace.