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Article: Writethru: Nigeria not to seek foreign aid over Niger Delta: FM
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- October 15, 2008
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Writethru: Nigeria not to seek foreign aid over Niger Delta: FM
LAGOS, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's Federal Government has said
the situation in the Niger Delta would not be allowed to degenerate
into an international issue, according to a report on This Day on
Wednesday.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe said the Niger Delta
situation was not beyond the Federal Government.
He said the government is determined to tackle the region's
crisis head-on, adding that it has no plan to solicit international
funds in developmental programmes in the region.
Maduekwe said seeking international donor agencies' aid would
amount to gross irresponsibility on the part of the government.
He ...