BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME
WARRI: Itsekiris and other stakeholders have been urged to explore dialogue to redress issues of alleged marginalisation over the gains of oil in her communities.
Chairman Warri south local government area, Dr Michael Tidi made the appeal yesterday in Warri, Delta state against the backdrop of threat by Movement for the Development of Itsekiri Oil/Gas Producing Communities, MDIOGPC, to shut down oil exploration in Itsekiri communities if their agitation for a fair deal from the oil and gas were not met within a time frame.
The council boss, Dr Tidi said the threat coming at a time of the global economic downturn brought by covid 19 would further worsen the nation’s economic base..
“The threat in the face of the global economic downturn occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic, would further deplete the revenue profile of the Federal and State Governments and subsequently reduce government’s financial muscle to address the genuine…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
