Buhari Assures on Niger Delta Devt

The time for “dialogue” as a starting point is really over.  A genuine solution would include a robust response to the 2009 Niger Delta Technical Committee Report and an update and IMPLEMENTATION of a plan -- perhaps the 2007 Niger Delta Regional Development Plan.  Enough of talking and waiting.  A plan for action, action, concrete ACTION with beneficiary input is what is needed from anyone who aspires to be President of Nigeria.  Nothing less will do.

This Day

6 March 2011

Buhari Assures on Niger Delta Devt

Congress for Progressive Change presidential candidate, Major-General Muhammadu  Buhari[rtd], has pledged that if elected president, he would dialogue with all stakeholders in the Niger Delta and execute the outcome of the discussions in order to develop the region.

Buhari, whose rally Saturday was earlier scheduled for Benin  but was suddenly shifted to Port Harcourt, told hundreds of supporters at the Isaac Boro Park in the Rivers State capital that if voted into office, his administration would put a premium on enhancing education. He said he believed that by so doing, many of the problems bedeviling the region will be tackled.

Commenting on security, which has become a serious issue in the oil rich region, Buhari, a former petroleum minister, said, “We want to go to bed with our two eyes shut. We want to stop indiscipline and corruption. We want to resuscitate power to run industries. We want to resuscitate the transportation sector. We want to turn around the country, which has lost a lot during the 12 years of PDP rule.”

Buhari told the modest crowd...