Group Berates NASS Over Non Passage Of PIB
The United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), a coalition of ethnic and political pressure groups in the Niger Delta has carpeted the National Assembly over delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
The group led by Professor Pat Utomi who decried the delay in a media chat in Lagos described the inability of the National Assembly to pass the PIB since the sixth assembly as a setback in the nation’s bid to reform the oil sector.
The UNDEDSS Secretary General, Mr. Tony Uranta who spoke onbehalf the group said certain individuals in the National Assembly pursuing ethnic and primordial interests were behind the non-passage of the bill.
According to him, “While we talk of derivative principle of 13 per cent to the Niger Delta, we must remember that over 60 per cent of the federal allocations to councils in Nigeria go to the North.
“A lot of moneyis being paid to the northern states based on the local government councils. While Bayelsa, for instance, gets an allocation indirectly derived from the oil it produces for eight councils, Kano gets allocation for up to 44 councils.
“These are the injustice in the system that should touch the heart of any right thinking person in this nation”.
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