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The minister of state for petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, and the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru were in attendance.

Punch reports that the Governors of Rivers, Bayelsa, Ondo, Delta, Edo and Abia States were also present at the stakeholders meeting.

The meeting started earlier today, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

This move is following the call by the British government asking the Federal Government to dialogue with the Niger Delta militants.

Although, a Niger Delta Activist, Chief Ayiri Emami has urged the federal government not to negotiate with the militants, calling them a bunch of criminals.

Nigeria's oil production has fallen by at least half a million barrels per day (bpd), undefinedmost claimed by a new group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers.

The group has carried out multiple attacks on infrastructure belonging to oil majors Shell, ENI and Chevron, vowing to reduce output to zero in what is typically Africa's largest oil exporter.

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