According to Reports reaching OYOGIST.com, a coalition of Militant groups from the Niger Delta region has urged the Federal Government to pay 13 percent derivation to oil-producing communities instead of the state governors.
The coalition while releasing the update in a statement by its leader, Johnmark Ezonebi, said that “President Muhammad Buhari is not the cause of the under-development that is affecting the region rather it is the bad corrupt leadership of the 16 wasted years of previous administrations with the Niger Delta governors that led to the massive under-development of the region” .
.The group further said:
“This is a great insult and deceitful position of the governors known to have embezzled the funds meant for the development of the region. Okowa and his colleagues should come out to tell us what they have done with the 13 percent derivation funds and many other funds accrued to the region.”
“The Niger Delta governors should not provoke the wrath of the gods upon their lives if they refuse to steer clear of the 13 percent derivation funds that they have been illegally hijacked and mismanaged for all these years.“These governors should not provoke the RNDA, with nine other militant groups in the creeks, to declare war against them and tag them as enemies to the underdevelopment of the oil-rich region. It concluded.
