FG has spent over $40 billion in the Niger Delta – Ibe Kachikwu

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said that the Federal Government has expended more than $40 billio in the Niger Delta region alone in the last four years.

Kachikwu, who made the disclosure on Friday during a visit to Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark in Warri, said in spite of the resources the region remained under developed.

The minister said that the challenges in the region goes beyond militancy, adding that it required short and long terms solutions.

“The short term solution is bringing the people together to have peace while the long term solution is to see how we can develop the region.

“I will be part of the dialogue team; as soon as I get back, I will put apparatus in place. “The president is very emphatic about peace in the region,’’ he said.

Kachikwu, an indigene of the region himself said he desires a permanent peace in the Niger Delta.

“I am not looking at ceasefire but a permanent peace in the Niger Delta. When there is destruction we suffer environmental losses.

“We just raised about $80 billion from China; a lot of the money will be channeled into gas, and it can’t work if there is no peace.

“The topography of Niger Delta is a wonder to behold and if we cannot in our life time do something about it, we have failed God,’’ the minister said.

Comments (3)

  1. Abolarinwa, you can’t see it. They should ask GEJ, Edwin Clark himself, Oritsejafor, Diezani, Patience Jonathan and their likes what the money was used for.
    The painful thing is those that the militant are suppose to be dealing with are those that are giving them weapons and lying to them. EVIL!!!

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