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Oil producing communities in Egi Clan in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Council of Rivers State, have urged the Federal Government not to neglect them in the new board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The communities regretted that despite their rich natural resources, which has contributed largely to the nation’s economy, they have been neglected over the years, suffered abject poverty, serious devastation and pollution.
President General of the Egi Peoples Assembly (EPA), Ugochukwu Orikoha, said in Port Harcourt, yesterday, that despite being host to major oil companies, they have nothing to boast about in terms of infrastructure and human capital development.