Senate summons NLNG over alleged 'land grabbing', failure to pay compensation

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Seventy-three communities in Rivers State are demanding N84 billion compensation from NLNG for allegedly acquiring their land in 1996.

to appear before its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition over alleged “land grabbing.”The directive by the Senate was sequel to the presentation of a report of the committee regarding a petition from Enyinna Onuegbu on behalf of 73 communities of Obiafu, Soku to Bonny, in Rivers State against the NLNG.

He also said the host communities complained to the Rivers State Government about the issue but all efforts to amicably resolve the matter were roundly frustrated by the management of NLNG. The petitioners, he said, are not known to them and there was no requirement in law to sign Memorandum of Understanding with Host Communities for the pipelines ROW.

 

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