Niger Delta Ministry: Postponing real development

An oil spillage site| credits: FIDELIS SORIWEI writes on the seeming underdevelopment of the Niger Delta four years after the creation of a ministry for the region Many saw the decision of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to establish the Ministry of Niger Delta as a long-awaited panacea to decades of agitation in the oil rich region. This was because of the promise that it would oversee development in the region. No doubt, that came with high hopes for the inhabitants of the area that produces about 90 per cent of the nation’s revenue