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The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on the Federal Government to increase derivation allocation from the current minimum of 13 per cent to a minimum of 50 per cent, citing environmental degradation and developmental challenges in oil-producing communities. The demand was made in a communique issued after a virtual meeting of its Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee, attended by Obong Victor Attah and Dr. Godknows Igali. PANDEF also urged presidential candidates to present practical, measurable and time-bound plans for environmental cleanup and restoration in the Niger Delta, highlighting affected areas such as Nembe Creek in Bayelsa, Odidi in Delta and Kula in Rivers.
The forum called for adequate, sustained and transparent funding for the Ogoni cleanup programme and a comprehensive framework to extend remediation across the Niger Delta. It welcomed President Bola Tinubu’s decision to modernise ports in Warri, Port Harcourt and Calabar, and supported proposed deep sea port projects in Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Bayelsa states.
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