GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State at the weekend resolved the impasse over the repair of the damaged Escravos-Lagos pipeline that supplies gas to the nation's power plants as the contractor handling the work returns to site today.
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As part of efforts to bring a lasting peace to the Niger Delta region, elders of various ethnic nationalities in the region yesterday resolved to declare Tuesday, August 11, 2009 as a day of non-violent action.
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Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has said there is no going back on the South-South governors’ decision to dump the Federal Government’s amnesty plan, if the need arises. Uduaghan, who hosted the governors’ meeting where the decision was taken, said: "We (South-South Governors) stand by our Asaba Declaration".
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South South Senators want the immediate sack of Petroleum Minister, Rilwanu Lukman, withdrawal of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), and a review of the lay offs in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which they say is against the region.
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The Senate will today commence a public hearing on the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) with South-South Senators pushing ahead with their opposition to the revolutionary piece of legislation.
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The Niger-Delta Basin Development Authority is to partner with the State Government in the development of agriculture and creation of jobs for youths.
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DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has urged the church to support the fight against criminal activities in Niger Delta region.
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Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Ufot Ekaette, has stated that he would not superintend over corruption in the new ministry established to find total solution to the problem of the oil-rich but poverty-stricken region. Ekaette spoke at a stakeholders' parley in Akwa Ibom State, as part of his tour to the nine states of the region.
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Youth groups in the oil producing areas of Akwa Ibom State have declared that only decentralisation of the newly created Ministry of Niger Delta would achieve optimum result, while also advising that bureaucracy be reduced in its chain of operations.
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Newly appointed Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Uffot Ekaette has promised radical transformation of the Niger Delta which in over 50 years of oil exploration has been deprived of commensurate development in relation to their contribution to the growth of the national economy.
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