Nigeria: Governor Uduaghan Calls for 50 Percent Resource Control in Niger Delta

26 August 2012

Lagos and Asaba — Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State yesterday reiterated call for more allocation of resources to the Niger Delta region 24 hours after Bauchi State Governor Malam Isa Yuguda said in Abuja Friday said abrogation of onshore/offshore dichotomy in the calculation of derivation funds for littoral states should be left for now until the injustices done to the oil producing communities by oil companies over several decades are redressed.

While receiving traditional rulers who paid him Sallah homage at his personal residence in Minna last week, Governor Aliyu said the issue of the on shore/off shore dichotomy is not settled as some Nigerians would want the people to believe.

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