The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has renewed its call for justice, equity, and implementation of the 13 percent derivation fund, insisting that oil-producing communities must directly benefit from resources extracted from their land. PANDEF Spokesman, Chief Ominimini Obiuwevbi, made the call during a media chat with members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Ughelli Correspondents’ Chapel, in Ughelli, Delta State. According to PANDEF, “Nigeria is a very rich country blessed with abundant natural resources, particularly crude oil and gas, largely extracted from the Niger Delta. “Anyone…
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