Host Communities Of Nigeria Producing Oil And Gas

The Nigerian Senate has passed the harmonised Petroleum Industry Bill on a day senators from the south-south region threatened to walk-out of the chambers.

The South-South Emerging Leaders' Forum has commended the minister of state for petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill.

The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed says the federal government spends N60billion every year to repair and maintain vandalized oil pipelines.

The Ijaw National Congress has advised the Buhari-led government to take the recent threat issued openly by the militant group; Niger Delta Avengers seriously.

Young opinion leaders in the Niger Delta say the oil-rich region is suffering from a culture of mediocrity and bad leadership which has affected its progress.

Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa has lamented that oil-producing states in Nigeria were not fairly treated by the authorities in the country.