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      President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua said Thursday in Abuja that the Ministry of the Niger Delta established yesterday by the Federal Government will now serve as the primary vehicle for the delivery of his Administration's agenda for the rapid socio-economic development of the region.Speaking at an audience with the British Minister for Africa, Lord Malloch-Brown, President Yar'Adua said that the new Ministry will oversee the successful implementation of measures and policies evolved by his Administration to resolve the peculiar problems of the Niger Delta. "The Ministry will coordinate our efforts to tackle the challenges of infrastructural development, environment protection and youth empowerment in the region," the President said. He also assured Lord Malloch-Brown that measures were being taken by the Federal Government to deal with security aspects of the problems in the Niger Delta. President Yar'Adua reiterated his Administration's appreciation of the offer by the British Government to assist Nigeria with the development of a greater institutional and human capacity to resolve some of the challenges in the region. On other matters, the President said that the Federal Government was in the process of studying Nigerian laws with a view to initiating amendments that may be required to "operationalise" a Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Britain. He reaffirmed his Administration's commitment to the war against corruption. "Nobody, no matter how highly placed, will be shielded once caught in the web of corruption," President Yar'Adua told the British Minister.  Quote this article on your site | Views: 280 | Print | E-mail
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