Nigeria: IYC Demands 70% of Modular Refineries Licences

21 July 2017

Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has demanded that 70 per cent of licences to operate modular refineries should be issued to people of Niger Delta extraction.

The council in a statement signed by its president, Pereotubo Oweilaemi‎ and released thursday, said the federal government appeared to favour people from the three major tribes while issuing licences to operate the refineries.

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