Governors of the South-South States demanded an upward review of the provision of 2.5 percent as Host Community Trust Fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to 10 percent in the best interest of oil communities and the nation. The governors have also advised President Mohammadu Buhari that in the absence of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), funds for the commission … Continue reading PIB: S/South Governors Demand 10 Percent As Host Community Trust Fund; Want NDDC Funds Escrowed Till Buhari Reconstitutes Board

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has apologised to delegates in Port Harcourt who had arrived for the scheduled meeting of the Presidential Delegation to the South South Region. The meeting of the Presidential delegation which was to be led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari was called off due to urgent State matters at the eleventh … Continue reading AKPABIO APOLOGISES TO S/SOUTH GOVS, LEADERS, TRADITIONAL RULERS, OVER BOTCHED MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION