Wednesday, 8 July 2009

AFRICA G8 SUMMIT 2009


Ayoub mzee with Prof Welshman Ncube - zimbabwe Minister of Industry and Commerce
Baroness Linda Chalker, Nigeria Minister of Niger delta

Rwanda President Paul Kagame


Nigeria Niger Delta Minister Chief Ufot Ekaette's speaking to Journalists

A new ministry has be created to deal with the problems of the oil-rich Niger Delta.
The region has seen little economic development in the 50 years that oil has been produced there and militants often attack oil installations
Chief Ufot Ekaette said that that the region needs real government, infrastructural development and jobs to prevent politically well-connected crude oil-stealing syndicates from further destabilising the region.







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