By: Sam-Michael Bayowuman
Niger Delta has suffered and still suffers grave injustice from Nigeria in a Jungle where they exist by deception, forceful contraption and ignorance of the aftermath results of an amalgamation and colony where early rejection and revolution would have served a sustainable remedy;
but was overlooked as a clear understanding of the perils accruing from the conspired amalgamation was not existing neither interpreted.
The pre"balle de jungle" has rendered the Niger Delta working Lords to the Nigerian State and they, enjoyment Lords over the years - the Nigerian State; who enjoys where it didn't sow yet allows the People go through long-lasting if not everlasting and rarely repaired damages from the produce, crude oil(banana) which they alleged it's for Nigeria alone.
Niger Delta region suffers oil exploration and exploitation with depleting damages on its environs and total damage of its ecosystem making life miserable for its people, this low-hard-poor life has resulted to increased mortality and morbidity in the region from diverse means, yet no Niger Deltan solely owns and operate an oil bloc.
Dan Etete and Peter Odili who are been used to blackmail the Niger Delta as owners of oil blocs, own their oil blocs in partnership with Northern and Western Nigerians (Olusengu Obasanjo and Atiku Abubarka).
The Nigerian State has always played the baboon to the People of Niger Delta and Niger Delta as a Sub-Nation amalgamated into Nigeria. The political crisis in Nigeria is solely centred on the struggle for the control of oil mineral resources which account for over 80% of GDP, 95% of National budget and 90% of foreign exchange earnings. All of which is derived from within the Niger Delta Nation. Despite these huge contributions, the Niger Delta reward from the Nigerian state remains avoidable deaths resulting from ecological devastation, environmental degradation and military repression.
As at 1970, Gen. Yakubu Gowon passed a decree (Decree 13) which gave the oil producing states (Niger Delta) 45% of total earnings from crude oil and the Nigerian Government 55%, this seemed to be so robust and in 1975 Gen. Murtala Muhammed passed a counter decree (Decree 6) leaving the Niger Delta with just 20% of earnings from crude and Federal government having 80%. Now, this was so fair to the Niger Delta that was mimicking a "Cheat" to the Nigerian State; so, Gen.Olusengu Obasanjo (A True Baboon) in 1976 enacted the Aboyade Technical Commission (ATC) which gave crude oil producing states (Niger Delta) Zero (0%) percent of oil earning and Federal Government 100%. This is what happens when a Real Baboon is in Action, humans don't matter not to say "monkeys".
Moreso, in 1979 Shehu Shagari introduced a sharing formula basing on population and Land Mass knowing that the Niger Delta has a diminished population and landmass after allowing the disintegration of Western (South) Cameroon. Today, crude oil is an acclaimed Federal Government product which earnings is shared to every state according to Shehu Shagari's sharing formula. The sharing quantified equality of states as 50%, Landmass 10% and population 40% which left the Narrow-underpopulated Niger Delta in a tactical neglect. WHO IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
Disgustingly, even as little as the 13% awarded to Oil producing states in the early 2000s, it is still opposed by the for tuned baboon beneficiaries for removal. This same baboons who enjoys eating the Products of the monkeys since before the 21st Century has yet displayed itself again in which took special effect in the appointments of Defence Service Chiefs and the 2016 "Nigeria Fraudulent" Budget for Capital Projects where 209bn was allocated to North Central, 73.7bn to North West, 48.9bn to South West, 46.6bn to North East, 28.2bn to South East and 35.3bn to South South. And President Buhari is announcing intentions to develop/rebuild Niger Delta with 5% Capital expenditure as allocated to the region. This seems attainable to the unlearned alone.
In the defense; counting from Air Force, Army, Navy, Immigration, Civil Defence, Custom, DSS, Prison Service and the Defense Minister to National Security Adviser are all Northerners and Muslims.
So, Niger Delta suffers the perils and Nigeria enjoys all the robust budget and juicy positions alone? This is where the "monkey dey work and baboon dey chop the banana".
Niger Deltans have refrained from being Monkeys to Northern and Western baboons, and they will work and eat for/from their Nation (Niger Delta).
There are no more monkeys in our forests, they have all grown into baboons and humans, it is a factual Evolution. Niger Delta can be Oppressors too, Niger Deltans want to take Charge and Control their bananas (Crude Oil). But then, "there is no Evolution without Revolution" --Niger Delta Avengers.
Greed, Pride, Envy and Callousness are the only reasons why Nigeria has refused to call for a Sovereign National Conference that all ethnic groups agitating for secession can sign a referendum to either remain or disintegrate from the falsehood called Nigeria. Nigeria has Long overlived!
QUESTIONS:
What is the economic contributions of the North Central that gave them such a plethora budget allocation (209bn)?
Is there a percentage allocated to the geo-political zone that produced a president in Nigeria by virtue of the constitution?
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