Environmental degradation

Do not kill Kanu and Igboho

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

Any day, a cow in a china shop is a recipe for disaster. Anyway, it’s also a metaphor for Nigeria. Anywhere, a cow never frolics in a china shop, except in a great-little country like ours, Nigeria, where it lounges in a china shop; lolling its big horns, swaying its brisk tail and clattering its rugged hooves to the noise of crashing china while the President of the shop watches in sadistic silence. Anytime, the mother cow and its male, the bull, should be in a ranch, mooing and munching mounds of hay, living each day in contented confinement, happy that they have everything – fodder, fun and fur – long before the stainless knife comes along to close their eyes in death. The cattle are unlike the average Nigerian, who’s bereft of everything: hope, dignity and prosperity, except the skin on his body. It’s animal cruelty to lead wretched cows, bulls and their innocent calves over one thousand kilometres along the forests, on foot, from Daura through Ilorin to Ore, Sapele, Afikpo, Opobo – in an age-long practice – …

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Buhari’s full speech during meeting with Elders from Niger Delta and leadership of Ijaw National Congress

June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

“I warmly welcome all the Elders of the Niger Delta and particularly the National Executive of the Ijaw National Congress, under the leadership of Professor Benjamin Okaba. I thank you for paying this courtesy visit not too long after your election in April, and swearing-in last May. “I also want to congratulate you all for your election and to add that a lot of responsibility is placed on your shoulders, especially coming from the fact that the Ijaw National Congress was almost without leadership for some time. “As the symbol of the collective voice of the Ijaw people, which is one of Nigeria’s main ethnic groups, the existence of a focused and people oriented leadership would go a long way in articulating the demands of the Ijaw people and making sure these demands are made part of the national discourse. “I particularly note your ten point demand to the Federal Government in your inaugural speech and assure you that this administration is frontally addressing them. “I am equally concerned about the rate of environmental degradation in the Niger Delta and …

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PIB Bill: Fisticuffs by Host Communities Expression of Anger Based on Long Suffering – Hon Oseke

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Federal lawmaker representing Southern Ijaw federal constituency and Deputy Chairman House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Hon Preye Influence Oseke has reacted to the the fight that ensued during the public hearing for the PIB bill at the House of Representatives by some leaders of the host communities. Hon Preye said that what played out at the public hearing was a demonstration and manifestation of the anger that the people are expressing based on the long time of suffering. “Host communities over the years ever since oil exploration started, they have been the victims but nobody seems to recognize the fact that host communities are suffering, he said. According to him, we have a situation where people tend to throw up the various interventions that are already existing. Issues of 13 percent derivation, 2%, been paid to NDDC, you also have 1 percent going to local content. All the interventions that Nigeria undertaker to cushion the effect of the suffering to a great level is not the situation that is evident there. Hon …

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Omo-Agege Urged Niger Delta Agitators to Sheathe Their Sword

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

…. SAYS THEIR DEMANDS WOULD BE TABLED BEFORE PRESIDENCY … SEEKS BETTER DEAL FOR HOST COMMUNITIES IN PIB By Francis Etuko Abuja (Precise Post) – The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has appealed to members of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) to halt its planned attacks on oil facilities in the region. According to him, going ahead with their threat would create economic setback for the country and additional environmental degradation in the area. Senator Omo-Agege’s appeal came on the heels of recent threats by a coalition of nine militant groups in the Niger-Delta region expressing readiness to resume hostilities by attacking oil and gas facilities if Federal Government did not meet the demands of #EndSARS protesters across the country. This was contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, to the Deputy President of the Senate, Yomi Odunuga. Recall that after an emergency meeting in Delta State last week, the militant groups under the aegis of the RNDA, also announced their preparedness to disavow the ceasefire accord with the Federal Government …