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The Board of Trustees and Management of Community Development Committees of Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Areas (CDC)

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Host communities of the Oil Mining Licence (OML) 11 in Rivers and Abia States have rejected Sahara Energy except the federal government, through Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), dialogue with them on the operatorship of the licence. The communities under the aegis of Ogoni, Asa, Imo River OML11 Oil Producing Communities insisted

Vanguard News PIB: Stakeholders want 10% derivation for host communities On By Tordue Salem, Abuja Stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, Thursday demanded a raise of the oil operating expenditure from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent for host communities in the new petroleum industry bill (PIB). The position of the stakeholders to the National Assembly was presented by the executive director/publisher of Order Paper, Mr Oke Epia at a one-day workshop tagged “Reforming the oil and gas sector i...

PIB: Free-for-all at NASS over who speaks for N-Delta On …Protest exclusion from making a presentation …Fracas over 10 per cent equity shares …Bill may cut monthly revenue flow to Federation Account — Finance Minister, RMAFC …Lawan pushes for reduced cost of crude oil production By Levinus Nwabuogo Lawmakers scampered for safety, yesterday, on the second day of the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, organised by the House of Representatives, as some members of host c...

Appointment of sole administrator for NDDC treacherous — Pukon, IYC scribe On   By Emma Amaize & Jimitota Onoyume SECRETARY-GENERAL of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Mr. Frank Pukon, has described the appointment of Sole Administrator for Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,  against the law establishing the interventionist agency by the Federal Government,  as deceitful and treacherous. This came as mothers in Niger Delta under the aegis of Mothers  of Óil Producing Communities of Niger...