PANDEF Urges FG To Pay 13 Percent Derivation Fund To Communities Directly

  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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