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Tuesday, 7 June 2016

NIGERIA SETS UP COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE WITH NIGER DELTA MILITANTS

Tuesday, June 07, 2016 Posted by Anonymous No Comments

Minister of state for Petroleum Resources and GMD NNPC, Ibe Kachiku

The Nigerian Government has announced that it has set up a committee to negotiate with the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers.

This was revealed by Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu on Monday, Tv360 reports.

According to Kachikwu, the Office of the National Security Adviser(NSA) will coordinate the team that will engage the militants.

He added that members of the team include himself, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru as well as selected leaders, kings and influential individuals from the Niger Delta.

Kachikwu said the NSA will be working with the various arms of the armed forces to descale the intensity of military intervention in the area within a week or two so that dialogue can take place.

“Over the last two months, we have probably lost about 600,000 barrels from various attacks of militants in the area. In terms of production, we are roughly at about 1.5 million to 1.6 million barrels a day, down from 2.2mbd which is the basis of this year’s budget and if peace reigns, obviously between now and August we will be able to recover substantial portion of this production so that the budget doesn’t suffer,” Kachikwu said.

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