• Swamp lands on the abandoned Nigerian Maritime University construction site. Stefan Heunis/AFP
    Swamp lands on the abandoned Nigerian Maritime University construction site. Stefan Heunis/AFP
  • A man walks through the shut down construction site of the Nigerian Maritime University. Stefan Heunis/AFP
    A man walks through the shut down construction site of the Nigerian Maritime University. Stefan Heunis/AFP
  • Construction workers ride away in the bucket of a bulldozer at the Nigerian Maritime University construction site. Stefan Heunis/AFP
    Construction workers ride away in the bucket of a bulldozer at the Nigerian Maritime University construction site. Stefan Heunis/AFP
  • The abandoned construction site of the Maritime University. Nigeria’s oil production has dropped to a 20-year low drastically affecting economy. Stefan Heunis/AFP
    The abandoned construction site of the Maritime University. Nigeria’s oil production has dropped to a 20-year low drastically affecting economy. Stefan Heunis/AFP
  • People carry a commemoration plaque for the International Diving School. The school was built by the ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo in an effort to boost educational opportunities in the Delta State and was bought by the Nigerian Government to act as a complementary facility to the Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenko. Stefan Heunis/AFP
    People carry a commemoration plaque for the International Diving School. The school was built by the ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo in an effort to boost educational opportunities in the Delta State and was bought by the Nigerian Government to act as a complementary facility to the Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenko. Stefan Heunis/AFP
  • The Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital in Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area in the Gbaramatu Kingdom. The hospital was one of the few government healthcare institutions in the kingdom and provided free healthcare to its communities as well as people from other surrounding areas. The hospital has been closed due to a lack of funding. Stefan Heunis/AFP
    The Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital in Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area in the Gbaramatu Kingdom. The hospital was one of the few government healthcare institutions in the kingdom and provided free healthcare to its communities as well as people from other surrounding areas. The hospital has been closed due to a lack of funding. Stefan Heunis/AFP
  • The abandoned Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital. Stefan Heunis/AFP
    The abandoned Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital. Stefan Heunis/AFP
  • The empty dinning hall at the construction site of the Nigerian Maritime University. Stefan Heunis/AF
    The empty dinning hall at the construction site of the Nigerian Maritime University. Stefan Heunis/AF
  • A woman walks out of the Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital site in Okerenkoko. The hospital has been closed due to a lack of funding since the embattled ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo has been on the run from the Nigerian Government. Stefan Heunis/AFP
    A woman walks out of the Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital site in Okerenkoko. The hospital has been closed due to a lack of funding since the embattled ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo has been on the run from the Nigerian Government. Stefan Heunis/AFP

Business

Nigeria struggles to build recovery – in pictures

Liz Claus

June 13, 2016

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Amid tumbling oil prices, Nigeria has tried to boost its ailing economy by building new projects. However, many have either been abandoned or postponed. At the Nigerian Maritime University, in Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area in the Gbaramatu Kingdom, contractors have halted work. The completion of the university has become one of the key demands of the Niger Delta Avengers, a new militant group in the Niger Delta who are vowing to cripple the Nigerian economy by blowing up oil pipelines and bringing oil production to a halt unless such projects are finished.

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