WHO CAUSED THE NIGER DELTA CRISI?

You all are missing the point here the militants, the corrupt governors and every other criminality are not the root of the crisis they are the fruits, the result and evidence of the crisis.
If you want to chase shadows that’s fine but even that will only be more money down the drain.
Please if you don’t understand the problems of the Niger Delta, just try to give positive advice and stop trying to judge after all nobody holy pass.

Buddyflex,I must commend u 4 ur clear understanding of the ND crises.Many folks here seem 2 misunderstand the crux of the crises.They are looking @ the symptoms rather than looking @ the ailment.Just 2 reiterate,let me state it here that the so called militants are not part of the crises but an offshoot or offspring of the crises.

The ND crisis is a crisis of UNDERDEVELOPMENT,caused by unbridled ethnic chauvinism & ethnic based political domination,that ve given those with access to State power,the opportunity 2 exploit & expropriate those without power.In this case,the Niger delta happened 2 be the victims.This crisis of underdevelopment,which is characterized by the Niger Delta masses living in abject penury,while the whole country grow fat from the Petro-dollar, which is earn through activities that ve many negative externalities for the ND people.The frustration that comes out of this(the crisis of Underdevelopment)was/is what ve led to the 2nd crisis-the crisis of INSTABILITY.The crisis of instability has taken various forms.Namely,intra & inter communal & ethnic conflicts,Youth restiveness,hostage taking,insurgence(which some of u call militancy),sabotage of the Fed Govt interest in the area,etc.

You cannot understand the Crises without putting it in its proper perspective like this.Some of u ll ask,"is he then saying the Niger delta ruler ain't part of the problem?"I ain't saying that.I'm only saying,u should look past the smoke(flame)& see the fire.Buddyflex talked about a pre-independence agreement to develop the area.Yes the Willinks Commission report said the ND should be declared a SPECIAL AREA 4 development,but nothing was done.
For those of you talking about Militancy,ve u ever asked urself why there weren't militancy B4 1999?Have u taken the time out 2 ask urselves why the once peaceful ND people,who actually fought in the side of Nigeria during the 30 Months Civil war,decided to be agitating all of a sudden?It's called CONSCIOUSNESS in Marxism.

 the question should be what caused the niger delta problem and not who caused it
greed caused it all

I beg to disagree with u.Who remains they question.Problems are caused by people & not things.So the what question is a secondary one.The greed u're talking about is not in a tree or stone.It's in men.So we must treat the primary cause(men) before any talk of the secondary(greed et al).

The Crisis is still here.No serious effort ve being made towards solving it.

Ddurkwa!
I can see U dont understand the crisis.U're still stoke in this 1998/9 argument.U talk about 'leaders of the Delta stealing the money sent there for development,& gave D.S.P as ur classic example.My question is,who put him in power in the first place?If he had agreed to support OBJ's 3rd term bid,would we've discovered all that?
It's amazing how some of U analyze politics.U treat political objects like u treat some other low level things.Take ur time to study the crisis so U'll be in an enlightened position to discuss it in its proper perspective.Thanks & God bless.Happy independence Day 2 U.

ALUTA!!!! MY PEOPLE ALUTA!!!!