Nigeria: The Looming Crisis in Badagry

8 December 2016
editorial

The people should be taken into confidence in the Badagry Deep Seaport Project

Two months ago, aggrieved youths and elders of the 10 communities hosting the Federal University of Technology, Owerri protested an alleged incursion into their over 3,000 hectares of land by unknown persons, despite being in court. About the same time, the Bayelsa State Government had to intervene in the face-off between Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company Limited and its host communities in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. Several cases of this nature abound and they remain a serious threat to peace.

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