THE emerging global political thought is that most government leaders in developing economies solve personal and parochial problems with public funds while ignoring the common-health of their people.

There are several categories of leaders we can talk about in oil producing communities in Nigeria. There are youth leaders, who usually provide leadership for the militant wing of the community; there are appointed or elected elders, most of whom are elders that are often a blend of illiterates, semi-literates and literates; and there are activists and agitators, some of whom are appointed by the respective communities, and some others gradually become leaders because of the prominence and visibility secured from their robust activism.

NIGERIA as we know it, was a contrivance of imperial Britain . Prior to the partition of Africa and the claim of Britain on Nigeria, various nationalities with centuries of historical existence and flourishing civilizations occupied the territory which was to later become Nigeria.

What has Mr President done for Nigerian youth since he assumed the mantle of national leadership? How committed is he to tackling the many challenges facing our youth? Such questions are popping up regularly.

THE Niger Delta region is the region known in Nigeria as the South-South geo-political zone. It is made up of nine states, among which are Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers, although some states which are geographically not in the South-South region were conscripted because of the availability of oil there.