Archive for June 12th, 2012
Site Flow Stations In Oil Communities Pirah Urges Oil Companies
BY SUNDAY EGEDE DELTA State Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Hon. Omamofe Pirah, has called on oil companies in the state to site their flow stations in oil producing communities to enable indigenes of such communities benefit from the resources God had given to them. Pirah made the call during a meeting he recently held with communities in the OPL 275 and Pan Ocean Oil Corporation in the state over alleged plan to protest the sitting of a flow station [...]
Continue ReadingNNPC And Reps Committee Report
THE House of Representatives Joint Committee on Finance, Petroleum and Gas Resources, last week, recommended that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refund N3.08 trillion to the Federation Account . The committee alleged that the amount is part of under-remittance to the Federation Account through under invoicing of domestic crude proceeds between 2005 and 2011. The committee, set up in September 22, 2011, also made other recomendations which it said borders on accurate projections to guide the preparation of the [...]
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June 12, 2012 12:00 AM
Govt May Revoke Sapele Modern Market Contract
BY ANDREW IKEHI DELTA State Government has threatened to revoke the contract on the construction of the Model Market in Sapele following the delay in the execution of the project by the contracting firm, Primi Nigeria Limited The State Commissioner for Special Duties (Special Infrastructure) Barrister (Mrs.) Orezi Esievo who frowned at the delay in executing the project by the contracting firm, handed down the warning when she embarked on a guarded visit of some of the projects in the [...]
Continue ReadingLack Of True Federalism, Cause Of Nation’s Insecurity –Utuama
BY FIDELIS EGUGBO DEPUTY Governor, Prof. Amos Utuama (SAN) has identified non-implementation of true federalism as the root cause of some of the security challenges being faced in the country. According to the Deputy Governor, the fact that all security apparatus are centrally controlled has made it difficult for Governors to be held liable for failure in terms of effective handling of security issues. The Deputy Governor made the observation at the weekend during a funeral mass organised in honour [...]
Continue ReadingDelta Set For Carnival Of The Niger
IN furtherance of its campaign for a Delta beyond oil, the Delta State Government has concluded plans for the maiden edition of the Carnival of the Niger (Asaba). Briefing newsmen yesterday in Asaba, the initiator of the event, Mr Kelvin Nwabueze, said that the carnival would hold on June 29 and June 30. Nwabueze said that the Carnival of the Niger (Asaba) was a private initiative through the Delta Directorate of Culture and Tourism in collaboration with the Delta State [...]
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