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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: Oil pledge from Nigeria president |
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 20:25 GMT 21:25 UK
Oil pledge from Nigeria president
Umaru Yar'Adua admitted the elections "were not perfect"
Nigeria's newly sworn-in president has said the troubled Niger Delta will receive his "urgent attention".
In his inaugural speech, Umaru Yar'Adua called for an end to violence in the oil-rich but under-developed area which has led to a 25% cut in oil production.
He also admitted shortcomings in the election that brought him to power, which has been widely condemned.
The inauguration marks the first time in Nigeria's history that one civilian leader has taken over from another.
After the flamboyant ceremony, the softly spoken northern Nigerian Muslim promised he would be a new kind of leader.
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"I most humbly proffer myself as a servant leader. I'll be a good listener... and serve this nation with honesty, transparency, accountability, absolute fear of God and with absolute humility," he said at the inauguration in the capital, Abuja.
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