Stakeholders under the Niger Delta Alternative Convergence (NDAC) have insisted that the Petroleum Industrial Act (PIA) is anti-people as it was aimed to criminalise Niger Delta indigenes.
The Chairman of NDAC, His Royal Majesty King Bubaraye Dakolo, the Ebenanaiwe of Ekpetiama Kingdom, Agada IV stated that the PIA which took 20-years to cook was miscooked into beautiful nonsense that was passed into law in 2021.
Speaking yesterday in Abuja at the third Convergence of the NDAC stakeholders comprising of Health of the Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) oil Producing communities among others, King Dakolo said by making them responsible for oil bunkering activities in the region means that the Act has criminalised everyone in the region including himself.
He said “what the Joint Task Force or trained military experts could not stop, why should indigenes be held responsible for it? Someone like me who did not bring out the…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
