Curse of the black gold

On the issue of Niger-Delta: how to go about fixing it. I am currently reading "Curse of the black gold" by Ed Kashi and Micheal Watts. An interesting book with frightening images that will shock the conscience.
The question should be what price are we (Nigerians, Niger-Deltans) willing to pay for the betterment of the future. The government is blaming MEND and co for the conditions in Niger-Delta and MEND on the other hand is blaming them. The truth is that both are to be blamed. I think that each governor of those affected states should be probed for the allocations that did not reach the people.
It is sad that our government is so corrupt to even investigate any sort of corruption. There is no doubt that they should do more for these people but the little allocations should try to reach them. Similar issue was faced in Liberia with the company Firestone. For decades the villagers and workers were complaining about lack of infrastructures and such but when the president personally looked into it, what they found out was that money was given out for such but the liaisons settled themselves instead of releasing for the projects.
We are so quick to point fingers at Shell and other foreign companies but are we capable of taking over if they should leave. For a country that is ranked in the top ten of the oil producing countries we can't even refine the product. We let these companies come in at a discount to drill these products and turn back to buy the same products back from them at a higher rate. We are so quick to use our money to release the hostages but can't it to prevent the harm.
They need to create an open forum, something similar to village meeting back in those days. Let each side voice their opinion, the government should be willing to make their accounts open. They should hold those responsible accountable
Believe it or not, in 2002 the African commission of human rights went to Nigeria and did a five year investigation, finding Nigeria guilty on violation human rights against the Ogoni people and for the death of Saro Wiwa and other Ogoni leaders. Of course Obasanjo promised to take their recommendations into account in settling these people but what came out of it?
So back to the issue of how to go about it: is the government ready to give up more than they are doing right now? Is MEND, the people that steal and lie to their own people ready to be exposed? Is MEND ready to go back to their daily job and work under authority? Is Nigeria ready to invest in scholarships, build homes for these people? Is Nigeria willing to spend more by hiring his people to get this product and refine it in the county because we have more than enough educated and experienced folks both home and abroad to take over? Are the educated engineers and co ready to call it quit in abroad and go back to help the nation fix this problem? Until we have an idea, then we can proceed, but until then, Niger-Delta will be a like a diabetic wound, it stays until you are ready to eliminate the source. (Sorry I don't have the exact medical ideology)