The Niger Delta Episode

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Mention of the Niger Delta of Nigeria and good (okay, goodish) news in the same sentence is not a song that’s often heard.

Our guest, Dr Dara Akala who runs an NGO in the heart of the Niger Delta, has a soothing narrative, one well worth sharing.

Dr Akala, a development economist and Executive Director of the corporate social enterprise PIND, has a plan, a plan that seems to be working and, one, one dares to hope, making a real difference in the lives of people of the Niger Delta.

Here are a few things to expect:

• Gaining community trust
• Ogoniland today
• Big Oil divestment and the future of funding
• The elephant in the room - where is the government in all this?
• Past imperfect, present continuous, future conditional?
• Dr Akala tells a joke…

Links Mentioned:

Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in Nigeria

PIND on Linkedin

Dara Akala on Linkedin

Dr Akala’s mail: [email protected]

The book Dr Akala is reading: Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation

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