Ex-Nigeria President Confident Talks Can Curb Oil Region Attacks
- Militant attacks cut oil production to almost 30-year low
- Dialogue best route to end conflict in Niger delta: Jonathan
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Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan expressed confidence that the authorities can reach an agreement with militants in the Niger River delta to stop their attacks that have slashed production of Africa’s biggest oil producer.
“Definitely, it will be resolved,” Jonathan, 58, said in an interview at Bloomberg’s offices in London on Monday. “Yes, government can always overrun restive movements and so on, but the Niger delta is too delicate. The level of damage will be too much for the government to bear. We used dialogue.”