Lori-Ogbebor to PANDEF: Focus on environmental issues, not politics

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By Charles Kumolu

LAGOS—Rights activist, AChief Rita Lori-Ogbebor has called on Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, to focus on environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region rather than politics, saying the problem has become more threatening to the people of the region.

She also urged the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to give attention to environmental issues, adding that other functions performed by the commission should not take pre-eminence over environmental concerns.

Briefing newsmen yesterday in Lagos, Lori-Ogbebor, who is also the Igba of Warri Kingdom, lamented that the impacts of oil exploration in the region are not being given the required attention by PANDEF.

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CHIEF RITA LORI-OGBEBOR

She said: “We the people who produce the oil are so poor because we concentrate on Lagos and Abuja alone. I was very angry when I visited Warri recently. I entered my house and sat on the chair to receive those who came to see me. When I looked at my legs, they was so…



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