President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua calls for international help on Niger Delta to solve the military crisis in the region.
Nigerian Economist Chudi Chukwuani retorts on VOA:
“The reaction here is that we are at a lost. The call is a clear failure on the part of the government to properly secure our national asset, to protect our sovereignty and our territorial waters. All of us know that the origin of the so-called Niger Delta militancy started from political thuggery.”
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I am not familiar with the associations between the Niger Delta militants and the ruling parties of Nigeria which are discussed here. Otherwise, this all makes a great deal of sense. I cannot understand what Yar ‘Adua thinks that foreign governments are going to contribute in terms of assistance. What they have contributed so far only seems to have made things worse.
July 10, 2008 at 6:10 am
Well, our president has to say something at the summit, I guess. There is little sense in his request.
July 10, 2008 at 12:30 pm
For a country that has over the past two decades been involved in sending his/her soldiers to help keep peace in other countries, this call by Yaradua shows how far gone the plot is lost. A crying shame. Don I agree with part 2 of your comment, what will international assistance bring? Ask Iraq and other like affected countries.
July 14, 2008 at 2:47 pm