Outspoken Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the decision of Southern governors on open grazing and other issues is irrevocable and must be respected.
According to him, those opposed to resolutions taken by the governors in Asaba, the Delta State capital, should realise that no section of the country is inferior to others.
Wike stated these during a grand reception held in his honour by the Ogoni ethnic nationality in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of the state on Saturday.
He governor announced that he has taken further steps to fulfill the resolutions reached by the Southern governors in Asaba.
says 17 govs not against nation’s unity
The Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday, pushed back on the anti-restructuring comments by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and other critics of the resolutions reached by the Southern Governors’ Forum during last Tuesday’s meeting.
Okowa spoke on behalf of 16 other governors from the Southern zone of the country who he hosted in Asaba, Delta State capital.
This is as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, also, on Saturday, said the decisions reached by the Southern governors, including the demand for restructuring, were irrevocable.
Seventeen Southern governors, who jettisoned their party affiliations, had met to discuss urgent national issues and reached some resolutions, which are now referred to as the Asaba Declaration.
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President Muhammadu Buhari had in March approved a decision to revoke the Oil Mining Licences of Addax Petroleum being managed by Sinopec and domicile same with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for allocation to new operators.
The industry regulator, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) announced the revocation of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) of four Oil Mining Licences (OMLs) previously managed by the Chinese oil company Sinopec and assigned the rights to an indigenous consortium.
Our Group, Good Governance Advocates, which is committed to transparency in government was enthusiastic that it was not just a well thought-out decision based on the economics of the Production Sharing Contract but a pragmatic one that is necessary in view of the dire state of our national assets.