Uncategorized
PMB Relocation Of NAPIMS To Abuja Display of Hate, War Drum Beats
By Our Correspondent
The sad reality is that NAPIMS is an integral arm of the corporation that manages the Federal Government’s Investment in the Joint Venture, Production Sharing Contracts and other Contract Agreements in the Upstream.
This is why Mr. President is doing everything humanly possible to move it to Abuja for easy controls and manipulations while the loud cry by the Niger Delta People for the relocation of oil multinationals IOCs back to the region which is the fortune base of the nation have consistently fallen on deaf ears.
President of the Ijaw Youth Council IYC Comrade Peter Igbifa stated this at a press briefing in Ibeno Clan in Akwa Ibom State after a peace meeting between Council, Leadership and ExxonMobil.
The IYC President noted that the OML 29 gas leakage at Sangana; Ibeno oil spill; gas explosion at Nembe and other related oil spills are sadly becoming a continuum in recent history and this largely is as a result of IOCs operating afar off.
‘We can not as a people keep paying with our lives to sustain the economic future of this country. We are aware of the scheming and internal usurpation techniques by powers that be to keep playing the divide and rule game.
”The use of delayed tactics by Nodsra in site visitation and reporting has further empowered oil firms to celebrate false reports as tidal changes reduces evidence during the intentional delays.”
Igbifa noted that It is time to either relocate the IOCs back to the Niger Delta Region with the full support of the people or risk the future of Nigeria’s Economy. The oil politics been played by the political class must come to an end as this has never been favourable to the region, he added.
Igbifa sounded clear as he said ‘if it is not good enough for the IOCs to relocate to the Niger Delta Region, then our oil is also not good enough for the IOCs to explore’
Furthermore, the stylistic movement of the head office of the Nigerian Gas Marketing Company NGMC from warri to Abuja must not see the light of day.
According to Igbifa we are not in the dark on the purported plans xrayed by the unsuspecting managing Director of NGMC who have successfully transfered about 70% of the workforce with documents to the Abuja office. These feat will only aggravate an avoidable chaos.
He called on the South South national Assembly members to quickly sacrifice their comforts and address this open secret while he described this plan as an expression of age long hatred by some persons in power and a calculated attack on our bargaining power.
“This is clear war drum beats supervised by President Muhammadu Buhari. You have divided Niger Deltans against each other on the NDDC, while the North East Development Commission wax stronger, you have removed Niger Delta from NNPC, you have directed Oil Companies to openly discharge Oil and gas not needed into the Niger Delta environment just to create a technical genocide for the aquatic and human lives if not for the mercy of the Almighty God while you went to the UN Assembly to speak for the Lake Chad Basin on Wet Lands. As if it is not enough, you have directed the NGMC to relocate to Abuja via a secret Memo.
“It is still shocking that you secretly authorised the relocation of NAPIMS from Lagos to Abuja with an emergency acquisition of a property at a whooping sum of N4.7b and a N2.8b for renovation with variation in Abuja at plot 250, 10th Street, Central Business District, Abuja all to spite the people of Niger Delta. The false claim that NAPIMS office close to the collapsed 21 storey building may also collapse hence, should undergo integrity test has not been tested till this day since they discovered that the said NAPIMS building has no structural drawings which ends the road to integrity test. Let it be made clear that the Niger Delta has a good number of quality buildings with capacity to accommodate less than 600 NAPIMS staffs therefore, relocate NAPIMS to the Niger Delta Region.
“Now it is clear why Mr. President is the Federal Minister for Petroleum with a well orchestrated machinations of revenge for Boro’s 12 days revolution. This table will turn beyond your imagination.
“You are on a mission to create war in this region to show your Presidential might without recourse to God’s existence as the Monarch of the universe. You cannot conquer this region.
“Consequently, you have not less than this month of December, 2021 to relocate the 70% NGMC in Abuja back to Warri or create crisis and pay for it in January, 2022.” he stressed.
By Fabian Apechihin
The 2026 Constitution Amendment Bill has moved to the state level following its consideration by the National Assembly, paving the way for state legislatures to consider the proposed amendments.
The development comes amid renewed attention on constitutional reform and ongoing discussions over proposed changes to Nigeria’s governing framework.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has defended FCT Minister Nyesom Wike over allegations surrounding borrowing by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
House spokesperson Akin Rotimi Agbese, speaking in an interview with Channels Television, rejected claims that Wike had undertaken borrowing without the knowledge or approval of the National Assembly.
Agbese said the FCT minister could not independently create a sovereign borrowing obligation, stressing that public borrowing is subject to constitutional, statutory and administrative procedures.
“Wike has committed no infraction in borrowings. There is no basis for the allegation that he has been borrowing money behind the back of the National Assembly,” Agbese said.
He explained that borrowing to finance infrastructure was not unlawful where the required approvals and procedures had been followed.
“Borrowing for infrastructure development is not unlawful in itself, provided the prescribed approvals and procedures are followed,” he added.
The House spokesperson further argued that an increase in the FCT’s debt profile should not automatically be interpreted as evidence of illegal borrowing, citing the scale of infrastructure projects being undertaken in Abuja under Wike.
According to Agbese, the key issue is whether the appropriate approvals were obtained for specific borrowing transactions, rather than simply whether the FCT’s overall debt profile has increased.
The comments come as scrutiny continues over public borrowing, infrastructure financing and the legal procedures governing government debt at both the federal and sub-national levels.
By Fabian Apechihin
The 2026 Constitution Amendment Bill has moved to the state level following its consideration by the National Assembly, paving the way for state legislatures to consider the proposed amendments.
The development comes amid renewed attention on constitutional reform and ongoing discussions over proposed changes to Nigeria’s governing framework.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has defended FCT Minister Nyesom Wike over allegations surrounding borrowing by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
House spokesperson Akin Rotimi Agbese, speaking in an interview with Channels Television, rejected claims that Wike had undertaken borrowing without the knowledge or approval of the National Assembly.
Agbese said the FCT minister could not independently create a sovereign borrowing obligation, stressing that public borrowing is subject to constitutional, statutory and administrative procedures.
“Wike has committed no infraction in borrowings. There is no basis for the allegation that he has been borrowing money behind the back of the National Assembly,” Agbese said.
He explained that borrowing to finance infrastructure was not unlawful where the required approvals and procedures had been followed.
“Borrowing for infrastructure development is not unlawful in itself, provided the prescribed approvals and procedures are followed,” he added.
The House spokesperson further argued that an increase in the FCT’s debt profile should not automatically be interpreted as evidence of illegal borrowing, citing the scale of infrastructure projects being undertaken in Abuja under Wike.
According to Agbese, the key issue is whether the appropriate approvals were obtained for specific borrowing transactions, rather than simply whether the FCT’s overall debt profile has increased.
The comments come as scrutiny continues over public borrowing, infrastructure financing and the legal procedures governing government debt at both the federal and sub-national levels.
By Fabian Apechihin
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed its intention to contest the 2027 presidential election despite the decision of Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid.
The party said Wike’s decision was personal and did not alter its position to participate in the presidential election with its candidate, Senator Sandy Onor. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Haruna Mohammed, made the clarification on Wednesday.
According to the party, a recent conversation between Wike and Onor should not be interpreted as a political negotiation between the minister and the PDP.
“He told Nigerians that Sandy is his friend. And they only had a friendly discussion within the umbrella of friendship. So, that is just a personal discussion between him and his friend,” Mohammed said.
He added that Wike’s support for Tinubu did not prevent the PDP from fielding candidates for the presidential, governorship and legislative elections.
Wike had earlier clarified that his support in 2027 was specifically for Tinubu’s presidential re-election and did not amount to an agreement that the PDP would withdraw from other electoral contests. He also said he never promised that the PDP would abandon its candidates for governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly elections.
“I said I will support the President from day one. I never told Mr President I will join APC,” Wike said.
The minister also maintained that his proposed Rainbow Coalition was not an arrangement with the All Progressives Congress (APC), but rather a platform through which politicians from different parties could mobilise support for Tinubu’s re-election.
The issue has generated disagreement with some APC governors, who have expressed concern about a political arrangement that could affect the party’s candidates at other levels.
APC Progressive Governors’ Forum Chairman, Hope Uzodinma, said the governors would not support any alliance or arrangement that could weaken the APC or adversely affect its candidates.
Meanwhile, APC presidential campaign council spokesperson Ima Niboro has urged Wike and APC governors to end their public exchanges and concentrate on political mobilisation.
“When I said tone down the rhetoric, I do not mean stop working. Stop talking, go and work,” Niboro said.
He urged political leaders to strengthen their grassroots structures and engage directly with voters rather than continue exchanging statements in the media.
“All this shouting is not taking anybody anywhere. Go and work. Go and establish your authority on your political base,” he said.
Hon. Jafaaru Yakubu Demands Urgent Action on Taraba Road Collapse
HONOURABLE JAFAARU YAKUBU COMMISERATES WITH QATAR OVER THE DEATH OF RULER
2026 Constitution Amendment Bill Moves to States
-
Uncategorized6 years agoFG, states urged to harness flooding for ranching, others with technology – Agbaje
-
Headlines11 years agoBreaking: EFCC seals Borno House of Assembly, as Hon members take to their heels
-
News12 years agoNigeria Security Operatives Stage Manhunt For Homosexual Perpetrator
-
News10 years agoHow 21-year-old Girl fled community over accusation of lesbianism
-
News11 years agoYobe Gov Moves Against Deputy
-
Opinion7 years ago7 signs she has friend zoned you
-
Technology5 years ago
Online job placement company headhunts women
-
Headlines10 years agoBorno Dep Gov Abducts Another Church Leader