Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday urged the National Assembly to allocate at least 10 per cent of the oil revenue to host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill .
“In our proposal to you, we asked for 10 per cent for the host communities,” he said when he met with members of the National Assembly. He said: “It is unfortunate that people produce oil but they live in poverty. There are issues of education and health. Don’t just say 10 per cent to the oil host communities.
“I have found out that part of the problem we have in communities is that they allow these oil companies to divide them.The governor said the mistakes found with the Act establishing the Niger Delta Development Commission should be avoided because it did not specify what projects the commission should embark on in the Niger Delta.
“NDDC will leave their job and begin to buy vehicles for police, army, and asphalting barracks. Is it what NDDC is meant to do? That is where we have lost it.” “Then the presidency will throw it back to you and you will keep quiet. That will then show that what you’re doing is only for the interest of your party and not the interest of Nigeria.
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