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The hopes and aspirations of the people of the Niger Delta region appear to be hinged on what is derivable from their God-given resource, oil and gas. But despite several government interventions to resolve the issues underlining derivations, their hopes and aspirations have met the brick wall.
The Petroleum Industries Bill (PIB) has remained a mirage as the bill is yet to be passed into law despite being on the table at the National Assembly for over two decades. But there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel with the intending passage of the PIB.
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Host Communities, Rt. Hon. Dumnamene Robinson Dekor, was at the studios of Arise Television on Monday, March 29, 2021 and throws light on the Bill, stressing that federal government’s intentions in the oil-rich Niger Delta is not enough.
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Less than two months after communal clashes between Lu-Sue and Zor-Sogho communities in Khana Local Government Area sent over 10 persons to their early graves, another orgy of violence has been reported in Luebe and Lorre Communities in the Local Government Area.
Less than two months after communal clashes between Lu-Sue and Zor-Sogho communities in Khana Local Government Area sent over 10 persons to their early graves, another orgy of violence has been reported in Luebe and Lorre Communities in the Local Government Area.
Former Rivers State Governor, Sir Celestine Omehia, has described Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as a man of vision with the interest and determination to handle the affairs of the state.
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The lawmaker representing Khana/Gokana federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Dumnamene Robinson Dekor, has described Friday s judgement of the Federal High Court in Owerri, dismissing the suit challenging the legality of the congresses of the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as victory for justice which will lead all the party members to the dawn of lasting peace in the party.
The lawmaker representing Khana/Gokana federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Dumnamene Robinson Dekor, has described Friday s judgement of the Federal High Court in Owerri, dismissing the suit challenging the legality of the congresses of the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as victory for justice which will lead all the party members to the dawn of lasting peace in the party.
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The lawmaker representing Khana/Gokana federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Dumnamene Robinson Dekor, has visited the feuding communities of Ogoniland; Luu-Sue and Zor-Sogho where he appealed for calm between members of the communities.
His move was based on claims and counterclaims of ‘unprovoked’ attacks against each other, the hostility between both communities in Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State, which escalated on the night of Wednesday, February 3, with an alleged killing of five persons and destruction of properties worth several millions of naira.
The incident had left the areas deserted prompting the federal legislator to move in swiftly to forestall the situation degenerating into full scale communal war.