Negotiating with the Niger Delta leaders by Haruna Y. Sa’eed

Niger Delta leaders With BuhariPresident

 Muhammadu Buhari met the Leaders/Representatives of the Niger Delta, or rather the Oil producing States, on November 1st, 2016 on the lingering economic and security issues in the oil producing areas. The Niger Delta leaders presented a list of 16 demands as condition for peace in the region. Further, two other demands were added: that there should be no mistake of announcing policies and plans, relating to the issues, without vigorous public scrutiny and inputs; and that the problem would remain if those affected were excluded from the process of