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Article: Nigerian gov't approves plan for financing infrastructure in Niger Delta
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 12, 2007
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Nigerian gov't approves plan for financing infrastructure in Niger
Delta
LAGOS, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government has approved
the release of 489.1 million naira (about 3.79 million U. S. dollars)
from the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) for the
provision of infrastructure in the Niger Delta, local newspaper The
Punch reported on Thursday.
Frank Nweke, Nigeria's minister of information and communications,
was quoted as saying that the decision was in line with the federal
government's ongoing search for solutions to the Niger Delta crisis.
"Because of the situation in the Niger Delta, one of the things
agreed after extensive deliberations and consultations, is for ...