Nigeria: 2019 elections, Niger Delta doesn’t lose

Summary Nigeria’s leading candidates in the country’s February 16 presidential election have now released their campaign manifestos. For the country’s’ politically-sensitive oil-producing Niger Delta region, neither top candidate is a losing proposition. Analysis Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), presented his case November 19 why he should be Nigeria’s next president. Incumbent leader Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) formally launched his reelection agenda on November 18. The presentation of the election manifestos come as Nigerian leading presidential contenders anticipate not only the presidential election scheduled for February 16, but bicameral national …

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