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23 August 2010
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[or] “What happens when community people get to talk directly to elected officials, oil company representatives and community leaders who are supposed to be representing community interests?”
In July 2010, NIDPRODEV hosted a 2-day workshop in Delta State and in Bayelsa State for the 10 communities that it has been working with as part of a project sponsored by the US Institute of Peace to strengthen transparency and accountability in oil revenue expenditures.
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12 August 2010
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BP’s Gulf of Mexico disaster has heightened international concerns about the environmental dangers of offshore drilling around the world and led to President Obama declaring it America’s “environmental 9/11”. This oil spill has been correctly identified as a massive emergency and it is time to recognise that the ongoing oil spills, conflict and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta should also be acknowledged as an emergency demanding a concerted international response.
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17 July 2010
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Twenty-two (22) teachers from ten Niger Delta communities have been trained by NIDPRODEV to teach Simple Bookkeeping and Business Management Skills to 660 participants in an Oxfam-Novib sponsored project to enhance livelihoods. Seventy percent (70%) of the participants are women.
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July 2010 Newsletter

Last month Joseph, one of Niger Delta’s “vulnerable and restive youth,” completed the 3-month, in-residence Mindset Change Programme sponsored by UNDP and implemented by UNOPS and NIDPRODEV.
Within two weeks of returning home, he asked for help in educating his community about the upcoming elections and citizen’s rights and responsibilities in a democracy. “If they do not get the education, they will sell their votes.”
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Sweet Crude Documentary

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