Along with the lofty production targets, Nigerian Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu set a goal to eliminate militancy-related shutdowns in oil production by 2017. This crucial first step toward fully restoring oil production in the Niger Delta will be difficult to realize, given the level of dissatisfaction and fatigue with Abuja prevalent throughout the region. In delineating the Seven Big Wins roadmap, Kachikwu highlighted a $10 billion program aimed at improving infrastructure in the Niger Delta and funded by "oil companies, investors [and] individuals," as well as local and federal governments. Though the program was meant to appease regional stakeholders who had long emphasized the link between development and security, many in the Niger Delta were not impressed. In fact, they took the vague promise of funding from various sources as a sign that the federal government was not committed enough to subsidize the project on its own.