Foreign capital should enlarge domestic capability rather than permanently replace it. Partnerships should leave behind skills, technology, supply chains, tax value, and competitive Nigerian enterprises.
RDCs should not serve as political slush funds but as accountable entities focused on real development.
Democracy thrives on institutions that remain impartial and strong, but developments in Rivers State threaten critical guardrails like security agencies and the judiciary.
The challenge has nothing to do with the beneficiaries of the intervention, the people of the Niger Delta or the justification for this special intervention but rather the current structure, processes, administration and quality of leadership of the agency.
This is a crime against the state and must be treated as such. The government must go after perpetrators of this dastardly act and severely punish them as a deterrent to others.
The most critical element of this typology, due to the scale and complex nature of soot, is an extensive state and national level Coordinated Action Plan.
Still, I feel that Nigeria should play the lead role in a coalition of naval security apparatus from the international community to provide security in the Gulf of Guinea.