Plans in the Pipelines

BBC News: Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region may well be the country's biggest cash cow, but the constant attacks by militants have cut oil production by some 25%. Perhaps the new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, has not heard of the militants' "plans in the pipelines" joke. They often say - without smiling - that it is the government's never-ending claim that "plans are in the pipeline" to develop their region, that led them to start blowing up the pipes to look for these plans.