Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has called on the federal government to take bold steps towards addressing issues of neglect that gave rise to agitations in the Niger Delta region.
Speaking while declaring open the Inspector General of Police, South South Security Summit in Uyo, Mr Emmanuel lamented that several months after the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) submitted a 16-point resolution to the Federal Government, nothing seems to have been done.
He also made a case for the relocation of multi-national oil companies to their areas of operation, explaining that, “all over the world, where the IOCs are operating, they operate from the base where they exploit the oil.”
He bemoaned that, “all the IOCs are in Lagos, and they are coming here to spill oil and nothing is being…
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