The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, on Monday stated President Muhammadu Buhari is insensitive to the sufferings of the people in the Niger Delta region.
The body in a statement issued by its spokesman, Eric Omare also warned the Buhari led-Federal Government against the removal of the 10 per cent oil-producing communities fund from the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.
Noting that the alleged plot to remove the fund was a grand conspiracy against the people of the oil producing region, the group stressed that such action is an invitation to anarchy.
The statement reads, “This decision is obviously an invitation to renewed hostilities and agitations in the Niger Delta region.
“The IYC enjoins Nigerians and men of conscience to reject this decision. We wish to also alert the world of the negative and oppressive decisions of the Buhari-led administrations towards the Niger Delta region and their implications for peace and security in the region.
“The removal of the oil-producing communities’ development fund from the PIB is a design by northern elements to continue their grip of the oil resources found in the Niger Delta region.
“The oil communities development fund is a laudable initiative aimed at making oil-producing communities’ stakeholders in the oil resources that are produced in their communities and address sabotage and associated challenges.
“We call on members of the National Assembly, especially those from the Niger Delta region, to reject this oppressive, anti-Niger Delta and retrogressive decision.”
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