Oil companies and the Niger Delta

Government has reaped an estimated US$280 billion from oil in the past 30 years, the Delta communities have seen precious little of the revenue. But analysts say the average Nigerian has little to expect from an expected boom in oil production next year.

..Speaking to ISN Security Watch last week from Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, Action Aid’s regional coordinator, Igbuzor warned that doubling ‘production from just over two million to four million barrels could cause an increase in violence.

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