STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA (SIWP).

The SIWP is a roadmap currently undergoing implementation. It provides a strategic framework which coordinates investments in the development and stabilisation in the Niger Delta. It aims at ensuring maximum efficiency and impact on the people of the region. The SIWP was created by organising the proposals developed by the various Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), and the development projects planned by the various oil companies operating in the region, into one joint and coordinated roadmap. Its framework shows 475 projects implementable in the short-term (2017-2019), medium-term (2020-2022) and long-term (2023-beyond). Of these projects, 307 are of the Federal Government and 150 are of the IOCs totalling ₦2,065,140,035,959. The commitment of the Federal Government totals about ₦1,769,621,000,816; with the Short-term being ₦1,549,008,641,117, Medium-term, ₦208,989,130,066 and Long-term, ₦11,623,229,633. Whereas, the IOCs totals about ₦295,519,035,143 ; with the Short-term being ₦191,467,712,143 and Medium1term: ₦104,051,323,000. In the course of this year, 2017, a fraction of this pool of fund has already being ploughed into the Niger Delta regional economy, and expectations are that, at the end of every calender year the dire needs of the region (ranging from physical infrastructure to job opportunities) will be achieved, one step at a time. This is will create a "veritable economic growth", not a "virtual economic growth" that fizzles out at a slight shake from certain economic/market forces. This road map is built to add life to the Niger Delta Action Plan (NDAP) and the Niger Delta Master Plan (NDMP), and anchored on a Development Result Framework (DRF), which is a logical model which shows how the desired goals and outcomes of development investment can be achieved through a coordinated and integrated collection of activities over a sustained period of time. With many development actors and partners working in the region, the new way of doing business (delivering cost-effective implementation) requires strategic convergence to direct effort between all tiers of government working in collaboration with national and international partners. The essence is that in the fulfilment of time, the billions of Naira spent in the region will foster the realization of self-worth in every indigene of the Niger Delta for the sole purpose of positive living and synergy between the nation state and the people of region, and anchoring such on the common ethics of humanity to create ownership of sectoral development, built on political, social and economic tools towards a virile, efficient and sustainable regional economy.