Niger-Delta

I want to be really hopeful that peace and justice will come to the people of Niger-Delta in Nigeria. I seriously don't know what is wrong with that country. Like President Obama said in his speech to Africans in Ghana last week...we cannot blame the West for the state our nation is. A country that is one of the top ten oil producing countries, the citizens are still suffering and the human rights violations are nothing to write home about.

I guess what it takes is for tankers to be blown up, the release of MEND's mastermind for there to be a real talk between the government and MEND. Another question that we should ask is what the TALK is going to be about.

Per report the violence in Niger-Delta has forced Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron of the US and Italy's Agip to cut around 300,000 barrels per day in production in the last six weeks and has helped support global oil prices.

Maybe the government is now interested in listening or faking it because it is hurting their pockets or maybe this is another TALK that we have seen all before.

My hope is for a better Nigeria. As the Nigerian youths are now speaking out and carrying their movements on the web and setting up grassroots movements concerning Nigerian issues, I hope this is for the better.

In the meantime, let's hope that we will get peace in this lifetime and Nigeria will have light as well....very sad