The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this on Thursday.
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This was as the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition invited the immediate past Managing Director of the dissolved Interim Management Committee of the NDDC, Prof. Daniel Pondei. and his board members to appear before it to provide explanations.
Akpabio is reportedly said to have made the comment on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving the interim report of the commission from the forensic auditors.
The stakeholders also demanded an increment in the contribution of 2.5 per cent of the Operating Expenditure of companies to 5 per cent even though they expressed concerns that the proposed funding is subject to manipulation and discretion by the entities.
The All Progressives Congress 2019 Delta South Senatorial District candidate, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has said he wants to represent Delta South in the Senate because of his desire to pursue quality legislation that will lead to the development of the district and the Niger Delta region.
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has pleaded with the Federal Government to expand the Presidential Amnesty Programme to accommodate more ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region.
A Paramount ruler in Rivers, King Bubaraye Dakolo of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Kalokuma/Opukuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa, has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently find a long-term solution to the perennial flooding in the Niger Delta region.
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas has embarked on the construction of the $120 million Bonny-Bono Road.
He said this while addressing State House correspondents after the unveiling of the Niger Delta Vision website: www.ndnewvision.gov.ng, by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja.
Dickson, who spoke with State House correspondents after closed door meeting with the President, said he stressed the need for change in approach to security management in the Niger Delta during the meeting.
Igo Weli, General Manager, External Relations, SPDC, made the appeal on Thursday in Port Harcourt, during the “Youths Summit for Land East Hub Host Communities’’ programme organised by company.
The reason is that crude oil is cheaper to move than products, so refineries tend to be located near demand source. However, for smaller scale refineries, it is more economical to locate close to the source of feedstock.
Osinbajo gave the assurance in Uyo when he visited members of the Akwa Ibom State Traditional Rulers’ Council as part of his consultation with stakeholders in the Niger Delta region
The persistence of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region where over 400,000 barrels per day are stolen may threaten world peace and democracy if concerted action is not taken to curb it, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, governor of Delta State, has warned.