10 days are required for the steering committee on the Niger Delta to prepare a blue print on how to solve the Niger delta crisis but the problems facing the region appear to be timeless. Almost immediately the committee commenced its work it was almost truncated when Ibrahim Gambari, Nigeria’s top diplomat was prevented from chairing the committee. Now with a new chairman, the first hurdle seems to have been bypassed but a recent comment by the most deadly insurgent group in the region; MEND, must not be treated with kid gloves if the Government intends to achieve any head way, http://connectafrica.