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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•Delta govt, villagers applaud Owhorode of Olomu-led peace team
By Ochuko Akuopha
AN air of conviviality pervaded the secretariat of Isoko Development Union, IDU, Oleh, Delta State, last week, as the apex socio-cultural organisation of Isoko nation and traditional rulers from Urhobo and Isoko ethnic nationalities resolved the protracted land dispute between Igbide and Emede communities in Isoko South Local Government Area.
The resolution lays to rest the five- month old crisis that led to the killing of scores of persons and destruction of property worth millions of naira in neighbouring communities.
By Ochuko Akuopha
IMMEDIATE past President General and Patron of the Isoko Development Union, IDU, Chief Iduh Amadhe, has lamented that the delay in concluding the forensic audit being carried out by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was slowing down the development of the Niger Delta Region.
Speaking on telephone with Vanguard, Amadhe described the forensic audit as a plot to punish the people of the oil rich region.
He said: “The forensic audit has been used to blindfold all of us and so, no project is going on. The dry season has gone again and nothing serious is going on.