Mkpoikana Udoma 02 November 2017, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt – Ex-militants in the Niger Delta have charged the Vice President, Prof. Yemi…
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“For the first time, coordinated efforts across various levels of governments have been undertaken to make it easier to do business in Nigeria.”
He said, “Transparency in this sector is very important for Nigeria. It is in our enlightened self-interest to do so because of the strategic nature of this sector to our economy. So we are doing this more for ourselves.”
“Nigeria is still grappling with the negative consequences of the use of opacity by senior members of government and their cronies between 1993 and 1998 awarding themselves juicy contracts in the extractive industry.”
“Already, the mining sector has begun to record very impressive results. We achieved a 300% increase in revenue (royalties and fees) between 2015 and 2016, and as at July of this year, the sector had already surpassed the entire revenue of N2Billion generated for the whole of 2016,” Fayemi said.
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“We are at the moment dealing with the constraints in distribution, with two notable policy interventions. This will break the distribution gridlock and there is good cause to believe that we will achieve the 10,000MW envisaged in the ERGP.”
“What is required is the processing and approval of contracts by the NNPC Tenders Board, the President in his executive capacity or as Minister of Petroleum, or the Federal Executive Council (FEC), as the case may be. “
Mkpoikana Udoma 02 October 2017, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt – The Association of Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria,…
He added, “We have said we are going to do modular refineries; we have released the guidelines and licenses are being issued. We are engaging with the communities, we are engaging with the state governments.