President Muhammadu Buhari has again met with leaders of the Niger Delta on Thursday, November 3, to resolve the crises that has bedevilled the region for years and affected Nigeria’s oil output an revenue. The meeting was held at Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja.
The Buhari government is seriously faced with a major recession part of which is the result of fallen oil prices and the activities of militants in the region. The bombing of installations has also led to major power outages in many parts of the country.
The president first met with leaders of the region on Tuesday, November 2, and the meeting was said to have ended with the stakeholders from the Niger Delta making a major 16-point demands. Just hours after the meeting, however, a militant group attacked an oil installation thus stalling any plan to end the challenges in the area.
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