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Article: Britain engaged in development of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- September 13, 2004
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Britain engaged in development of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta
region
LAGOS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government Monday
applauded the interest of Britain in the execution of developmental
projects in the oil-rich Niger Delta region in the south of the
African country.
Ahmed Dutse, program director of the Federal Environmental
Protection and Management Agency (FEPMA) of Nigeria, told reporters
that "the British government has planned a new tripod development
project for the region in the areas of culture, economy and
politics."
"The full details of the tripod project are being worked out
between the Nigerian government and British officials," said the
director.
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