The ongoing violence in Nigeria is bringing promises of more threats to the country’s oil production. This is all the more reason why every person should be paying more attention to the conflict in Nigeria is because they play such a huge role in worldwide oil production. Nigeria is the fifth largest supplier of oil to the U.S. and any disruption with the production of oil will have grave consequences. Some experts like Ann Korin of the Institute for Analysis of Global Security stated “every little spike in Nigeria causes us serious problems when it comes to global oil prices.”
The crisis in Nigeria which is being led by a group called the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has some justified points that should be addressed. In a country with such a rich research most of the Nigerian people live in poverty. People live in shacks made out of straw; many have no electricity and bath in dirty water. How can this be? It is corruption. Corruption plays a large role in many African countries in terms of reinvesting money earned from resources like diamonds and oil. Until the corruption is stopped millions of people in Nigeria and other countries within Africa will continue to remain in poverty as they have been doing for decades.
So are these people terrorist or revolutionist? Shouldn’t corruption be stopped when a few leaders are living in wealth while millions are living in poverty? What are your thoughts?
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