that the three per cent allocated to host communities in the Act was paltry and would continue to be opposed until justice was served.
Diri stressed that the law was “ill-conceived, dehumanising and unacceptable” to the Niger Delta people and asked that it be repealed and amended.He aligned himself with the walkout staged by aggrieved Senators during its passage of the Bill in the House of Representatives, stating that the action had its place in history.
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