FG not interested in N-Delta devt Ledum Mittee, others
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By Samuel Oyadongha, Jimitota Onoyume, Egufe Yafugborhi, Davies Iheamnachor & Chioma Onuegbu
STAKEHOLDERS in Niger Delta have voiced out their worries at the failure of the Federal Government to tackle the problem of development in the oil-rich but underdeveloped zone.
They point to the Land Use Act, which has turned the natives to tenants on their ancestral land; Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, an interventionist agency set up by the central government to drive development in the zone being starved of funds, as well as the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, for repentant agitators, which they alleged is controlled by the north.
Nigeria: Govt Not Interested in Niger Delta Devt - Ledum Mittee, Others
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