(Ecofin Agency) - Nigeria is set to hold a meeting with community leaders and representatives of militants from Niger Delta next week in Abuja in an effort to put an end attacks on oil facilities in the region, two government sources revealed.

Attacks by insurgents on the country's oil infrastructures by groups demanding for a greater share of the Nigeria’s oil wealth have reduced production, which was at 2.1 million bpd by the beginning of this year.

The OPEC member has been negotiating for months to end the violence but no permanent ceasefire has been agreed yet in the oil region.

“An enlarged Niger Delta stakeholders dialogue will be held in Abuja on October 31,” one of the sources said while the other said the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu and perhaps the President Muhammadu Buhari (photo) would take part in the session, Reuters reports.

Niger Delta Avengers, a group which has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks on energy facilities since the start of the year, have formerly declared a ceasefire in August but resumed attacks last month.

In 2009, Nigeria made an agreement with major militant groups on a ceasefire to end a previous insurgency but unknown groups began attacks again after authorities tried to arrest a former militant leader on charges of corruption.

Anita Fatunji