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ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Nigeria is set to become the African leader in oil as an amnesty program with Niger Delta militants contributes to a rise in crude production, officials say.
Rilwanu Lukman, the Nigerian oil minister, said oil production has reached its 1.7 million barrels per day quota due in part to an amnesty with militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, the Nigerian newspaper The Daily Independent reports.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta had declared an "oil war" on the national energy sector in an effort to gain access to oil revenue.
MEND declared a cease-fire July 15 following a government amnesty effort but threatened to resume its militancy when that agreement expires Sept.15.
Maj. Gen. Godwin Abbe, the minister of defense, urged militants, however, to take advantage of the opportunity for peace through a government amnesty.
"We have appealed to their consciences not to carry out the threat because they have more to lose if they go back to militancy, they should not continue to bring cry and anguish to women, children and the elderly in the region," he declared.
Their comments come as energy leaders prepare for the 16th Africa Upstream 2009 conference. Lukman said his country would meet with more than 750 delegates at the November meeting, which he said would "unequivocally positions Nigeria as oil leader in Africa."
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