As many northerners writhe in penury and insecurity, the United States has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to establish a ministry tasked with the specific development of the north, like the Ministry of the Niger Delta, as a way of addressing poverty and ending insurgency in the region.
It argued that the establishment of the Niger Delta ministry by the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua administration had helped to douse tension and end the militancy that crippled economic activities in the zone.
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