Nigeria: BNC, EDSOPADEC Trade Words Over Ceded Oil Wells

Lagos — THE Benin National Congress (BNC), a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State and the Edo State Oil and Gas Development Commission (EDSOPADEC), yesterday traded words over the difficulties in returning oil wells that were ceded to the neighbouring Ondo and Delta states back to the state.

While the BNC accused the EDSOPADEC and the state Ministry of Lands and Survey of deliberate ploy to frustrate its efforts in redressing the alleged injustice done to the state by ceding its oil wells to the neighbouring states, the Oil Commission described the accusation as far from the truth as it was doing all it could to get the oil wells back in order to improve the funds accrued to the Commission.

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