Niger Delta Crisis: Nigeria Loses N6, 264 Trillion!
Author: Jude Aririesike
Posted to the web: 5/22/2009 8:10:23 AM
I am totallydazed with the figures been bandied about! According to Thisday reportcaptioned, “N’DeltaCrisis: Nigeria Losing N8.7bn Dailyâ€, the federal government has revealedthat the country loses N8.7b daily as a result of the current conflict in theNiger Delta region. That means if there is peace in Niger Delta, the NigerianGovernment will be making almost a double of that figure, N17.5 Billion! In amonth that will translate to N522 Billion and in 12 months (1 year) it willamount to N6, 264 Trillion! Imagine, if, annually, just 40% of this money isentrusted to sincere, credible, God-fearing and selfless leaders to develop theNiger delta region .Trust me, youth restiveness in the Niger Delta region wouldhave been an ancient history. Hard facts!
I amparticularly worried with the spate of causalities. No doubt, in militaryoperations of this kind human casualty especially innocent and hapless citizensare unavoidable. However discretion should be employed by the Nigerian armybearing in mind that it is guerrilla warfare. They are not fighting with anational army but disgruntled miscreants who can easily mill into the crowd.
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