Talk:Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
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It seems that greed has created this problem. Government of Nigeria and the oils companies could have made a better life for everyone in the Delta and still the profits are enormous. And the destruction of the invironment is unbelieveable neglect. So what will it cost now?
Susan Murphy Columbus, Nebr. 68601
[edit] Niger Delta: The struggle for the soul of federated Nigeria
Nigeria is a so called Federal republic living on the principles of unitarism. what the Niger Delta is fighting for, is what all other regions of Nigeria should fight for; the right to be a people. In Nigeria, the 13% derivation, the actual control of mineral resourse by the federal government, the sharing of revenue according to the number of local government areas, the imposition of three major languages on the rest of the country and the quota system of the federal character commission are the monsters that are tearing the country apart.these are th root of all our evils.for Nigeria to become a true federal democracy she most come to terms with the fact that her peoples all have thier own unique identities which must be respected.get rid of these problems and the giant of Africa will wake.Deltachild 15:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)Deltachild
Deltachild - Could you point us in the direction of more information about MEND and it's plight? To know is to understand.
I edited "against the exploitation and oppression" to reflect a more neutral view by changing it to "against the alleged exploitation and oppression" --72.51.158t.160 19:54, i6 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't see how the addition of the word "aleged" is POV neutral in this context. Analogously, in an article about the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis', would you edit the line "attempt to liquidate the remains of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland" read "alleged attempt to liquidate the remains of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland"? Similarly, would it be more "neutral" to refer to the the gas chambers in Auschwitz as "alleged gas chambers" or to speak of the "alleged holocaust", or to speak of the "alleged moon landings"? I think not. I am not sure what credible human rights organization disputes the characterization of the Nigerian government's treatment of the people of the Niger delta as "exploitation and oppression" and clearly this is what the rebels believe they are fighting against. You don't have to agree with their actions but I think this basic precipitating fact is beyond reasonable dispute. --Betamod 04:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Anyway, I have left your "alleged" line in, though I reiterate that it is superfluous in the face of the preponderance of evidence. I have also left in the notice re disputed POV, though I don't agree with it. However, I have removed a similar notice re POV in the section, "Constituency and Organization" since this largely consists of information reported about the organization and the sources are identified. If there is contradictory information that has not been included then please provide it. --Betamod 05:22, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Style Improvement Discussion
I concur that this page needs to be cleaned up. I have expanded it quite a bit by contributing information I have found from press on MEND but its pretty messy and I would like to collaborate with someone to clean it up since this might involve deletions. I don't feel comfortable being the soul editor of any page. That seems too unilateral.--Betamod 09:50, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
As a former hostage of MEND I was held for 21 days in a camp in Bayalsa state by the section led by the leader "Youth Shall Grow" who is the grand son of Adaka Borro's adjoint, I would like to cocure the the "alledged" is quite supefulous. I was shown the villages inn th region and I have personnally seen the destructioncaused by the irrwssposible laying of terrrestrial pipe lines. The region produces enourmous wealth, one pipe line alone ( which I was involved in laying at sea) pumps over 10 000 000 dollars of crude per day, yet much of the delta is still in the stine age, Port Harcourt should be on par with Dubai. Theft exploitation and abuse are self evident and would I thought be considered matters of fact rather than opinion--Freeoyibo (talk) 14:28, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] MEND
I am new to the subject, but has anyone found out where the funding for MEND has come from? With the hired mercenaries, boats, and weapons, they seem to be very well financed. I'm not doubting their motives or the basic need for change on the delta, but who is behind MEND? One must always question what is placed before him.Sfidelis (talk) 13:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)sfidelis
