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N/Delta: NGO makes case for 50 per cent derivation

Community Watch of Nigeria, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), based in Akwa Ibom, has demanded a 50 per cent of oil derivation funds as solution to the Niger Delta crisis.

It was of the view that the region should either be given a 50 per cent derivation or allocated 50 per cent crude oil volume produced in the area as an incentive to maintain peace in the sub-region.

In a statement released in Eket, the organisation said the call for the creation of the Ministry of Niger Delta was too cosmetic to bring the desired peace to the region.

Reacting to the call made by Alhaji Yahaya Kwande, former Ambassador to Switzerland, for a Ministry of Niger Delta, the NGO contended that the problems of the Niger Delta had been identified.

It said that what was presently required ‘’is an implementation of earlier recommendations.’’
The statement, which was signed by Chief Samingo Etukakpan, the President of the body, also called for a second seat for Nigeria at the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

It said the second appointee should represent Niger Delta at the OPEC.
Etukakpan maintained that the region deserved more resources because of what he called, ’’the negative effects of oil exploration on the environment.’’

This, he said, included acid rains and prevalence of respiratory diseases in oil producing communities as a result of Gas flaring.

The organisation said ‘’the restiveness and high crime rate in the region are the result of frustration caused by the neglect of the needs of the Niger Delta people.’’