Tag: Niger Delta Leaders

“We will work against Northern candidates in 2023 Presidential Poll” -Niger Delta leaders vow

Aminu Imam

Leaders of the Niger Delta, under the aegis of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF), have re-echoed the warning that any political party that fields a northern candidate will not enjoy the support of four regions the South-South, South-West, South-East and the Middle Belt in the 2023 presidential election. The Niger Delta leaders warning was in a reaction to the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNGs) description of the chairman of the Southern Governors Forum and governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, as a threat to democracy for warning…

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‘President Buhari disregards Niger-Deltans by signing PIB’, Edwin Clark-led group alleges

Aminu Imam

The leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. The group led by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, said it is a very sad and bad day for Nigeria that despite the overwhelming outcry of the people of the South-South zone, the President still went ahead and signed the PIB into law. PANDEF had insisted that the equity share must be 10 percent for host communities and rejected the 3 percent allocated for…

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NDDC: Trillions lost, not N40billion, say Niger Delta leaders

Ishaku Yohanna

Oil Mineral Producing Areas Stakeholders Forum, OMPSTAFOR, led by Prince Maikpobi Okareme, in a memorandum submitted to the National Assembly, disclosed that funds meant for the development of the Niger Delta region have always been missing.  His words: There has been a long history of missing funds meant for the development of the oil producing areas.  From the perspective of the host communities, the greatest amount of money that can be classified as really missing is the derivation funds that run into several trillions of naira. As published in the…

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