Nigeria to invest $10bn in oil-rich south to end militant insurgency

Nigeria is to invest 10 billion dollars in its oil-rich south to end an insurgency by militants.

The money would be used to build infrastructure, including roads and railways.
 
Militant attacks have severely disrupted oil production, fuelling a recession in the country.

They have been demanding that the government spend more of its oil wealth on tackling widespread poverty in the Niger Delta.
 
They also accuse multinational firms of polluting the environment, destroying the livelihoods of farming and fishing communities.
 
President Muhammadu Buhari would meet the militants and community leaders next week.

BBC