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Article: UK will help Nigeria boost oil security.
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- The Oil Daily
- Article date:
- July 21, 2008
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Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has outlined plans, supported by the UK government, to boost oil security, tackle corruption and promote peace in the southern oil-producing Niger Delta.
Speaking in London Thursday after a meeting with UK Premier Gordon Brown, Yar'Adua said he was seeking the UK's help to establish a maritime security training center that would serve "not just to enhance Nigeria's river and maritime security, but also the wider Gulf of Guinea region."
Yar'Adua also called for a concerted international effort to tackle oil smuggling, or "bunkering"--a highly lucrative and widespread racket that has helped fund arms deals and fuel ...