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Niger Delta Peace Coalition (NDPC), has blamed the activities of the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), for the astronomic rise in the price of gas, which has made many Nigerian families
LEADERS and stakeholders of the South-South region have berated lawmakers from the region, both Senate and House of Representatives, for allegedly failing the people in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, accusing them of displaying nonchalant attitude to an important legislation.
There have been outrage in the Niger Delta since the House of Representatives and Senate, which failed to applicably define host communities, recently, voted 3 per cent and five per cent respectively as host communities’ stake in the PIB, which is currently undergoing harmonization by the National Assembly.
Some stakeholders, however, spared the lawmakers, saying they were outnumbered by the majority northern colleagues, who did better homework.
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By Dayo Johnson, Akure; Samuel Oyadongha,
Yenagoa; Festus Ahon, Asaba; Umar Yusuf, Yola; Jimitota Onoyume, Warri; Tina Akannam, Dutse; Peter Duru, Makurdi; Egufe Yafugborhi, Port Harcourt;
Peter Okutu, Abakaliki; Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo; Charles Agwam,
Bauchi; David Odama, Lafia; Ozioruva Aliu, Benin city; Shins Abubakar, Osogbo; James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta and
Ibrahim HassanWuyo, Kaduna
Agitations for self determination became pronounced in the south eastern part of the country in the eighties following perceived marginalisation by the Federal Government with a group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, lately championing the cause for a separate Biafra nation. In the south, calls never ceased for restructuring of the country due to alleged monopoly of power by the northern oligarchy. Only last month, Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho declared a Yoruba nation saying his ethnic group no longer wished to be
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