PANDEF demands greater Niger Delta inclusion in oil block allocation
…Condemns Environmental Degradation The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on the Federal Government to reserve at least 60 per cent of oil blocks and marginal fields for companies owned by people of the Niger Delta region.
The group said while government officials celebrate the attractiveness of Nigeria’s petroleum sector to global investors, communities in the Niger Delta continue to suffer from environmental degradation, poverty and the effects of oil exploration.
The forum also criticised what it described as the exclusion of Niger Delta indigenes from ownership of oil assets, despite the region being the source of Nigeria’s crude oil and gas resources.
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