Nigeria says security first goal in oil roadmap
ABUJA, Oct 27 () - Ending the insurgency in Nigeria's Delta region that has hobbled oil production is the first goal of a seven-point plan for the petroleum industry, the country's oil minister said on Thursday.
The government is launching a $10 billion infrastructure programme in the restive region that produces most of Nigeria's oil, and President Muhammadu Buhari will meet representatives of militant groups and community leaders from the Niger Delta in Abuja next week in a bid to end the attacks.
"Our target is to ensure zero militancy in the area," oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu told a forum in Abuja aimed at outlining strategy for the petroleum industry. "This planned meeting shows the level of interest the president has to ensure peace in the area."
Kachikwu said the $10 billion investment is "not necessarily" going to come from the federal government, but rather from "oil companies, investors, individuals".
