Niger Delta oil host communities under the Association for the Promotion of Peace and Development in Itsekiri Oil and Gas Communities (APPDIOGCOM) has called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly ensure payment of 13% derivation fund directly to oil and gas producing communities.
Leader of the group, Princess Grace Fregene, noted the recent outburst of a prominent and influential voice of the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought (ILOT), in an open letter to the Governor of Delta State on the injustice on the 13% fund for oil and gas producing communities.
“It is on this note we are calling on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to listen to the cries and of these communities and pay the 13% derivation directly to them for the purpose of their own development and also to cushion the effects of oil and gas exploration activities in their communities.”
“More so, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Section 162 sub section 2 clearly stated that the 13% derivation should be given to the host communities directly not to any organ of government.”
“Besides, the law does not permit State Government to legislate on the 13% derivation fund since it is in the Exclusive List”.
