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Nigeria: Fueling Discontent Over 'Oil Money' Allocation

The call by northern governors for the reduction in derivation proceeds to oil producing states has come in for sharp criticism.

Nigeria: North's Revenue Battle: Militants Respond to Call

Vanguard, 5 March 2012

Sharp criticism to the call by northern governors for the reduction in derivation proceeds to oil producing states continued weekend with members of the House of Representatives… Read more »

Nigerian oil rig.

Nigeria: Derivation and Deprivation - Why the North Is Poor

Vanguard, 4 March 2012

ACCORDING to official figures, the leading oil producing state, Rivers, received N1,053 billion between 1999 and 2008 in federal allocations. By contrast the North-eastern states… Read more »
Nigeria: Derivation Fund - the Banter Between S/South Govs and the Northern Govs

Vanguard, 4 March 2012

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Nigeria: Derivation Formula - North Dares S-South

Vanguard, 3 March 2012

WHEN the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Alhaji Babaginda Aliyu , last Thursday, at the inauguration of the Advisory Council of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, in… Read more »

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'Niger Delta Governors, Lawmakers to Blame for North's Insult'

Atamu Social Klub of Nigeria, a group of Urhobo professionals, has blamed governors and lawmakers from the Niger Delta for what it called "the insulting demand of the North for ... Read more »
- Nigeria: Derivation - 'Niger Delta Governors, Lawmakers to Blame for North's Insult'
- Nigeria: Why the North Demands for More Revenue Allocation