UGBORODO, NIGERIA – The north is facing blowing up of oil pipelines, the south is witnessed roaming of militants in oil-soaked creeks, land battles are now common in the center and devastating civil war is again brewing. This is the Nigeria of today.
Any one of the so-called crisis can be a national emergency, but in the country everything is happening at the same time.
In one of his recent speeches Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said they need to stay in the country and salvage it together.
While taking the office, about a year ago, the president vowed to stamp out terrorism and rebuilt the economy, but Nigeria has since then been toggled between several crises.
The country is facing with low oil prices. This has hampered the revenue of the government as 70 percent of it was sourced from selling oil.
A new band of militants, called the Niger Delta Avengers, too have claimed to be on a quest to free the south from oppression. They have blown crude oil and gas pipelines too. All these have resulted with lower oil production in the second quarter by around 25 percent compared to same period last year.
Meanwhile, data also reveal Nigeria has been fallen behind Angola as top oil producer in Africa.
On their official website the Avengers wrote they want a country that turns creeks of the Niger Delta into a tourism heaven, to make health care system accessible by everyone and to achieve full potentials of Nigeria.
The website further adds unless the Niger Delta is made free from Nigeria, they can’t make such dreams happen.
