
Dennis Otuaro: Mr President’s Eye in the Niger Delta Region. By ASU BEKS .
Believe it or not, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, does not joke with the Niger Delta. As a shrewd business man and political strategist ,he appreciates the critical role the Niger Delta region could play in the success or failure of his Renewed Hope Agenda.
As a region blessed with abundant Oil and Gas reserves , coupled with hundreds of dozens of restive youths who have continued to speak out over years of environmental degredation on account of years of oil exploration and exploitation by successive governments, President Tinubu, like his predecessors , regard the region as the heart beat of Nigeria. "No one jokes with Nigeria's Niger Delta Region which unarguably is Nigeria's cash cow.
For as long as oil and gas accounts for over 90 per cent of Nigeria's annual income, this region w...