The Borno State governor, Kassim Ibrahim,
yesterday appealed to the president-elect,
General Muhammadu Buhari (retd, to
allocate 13 per cent of petroleum revenue
to the North East region which has been
ravaged by insurgency when he assumes
office.
The governor, who made the demand
known in a paper which he is expected to
deliver today at Day-Two of a conference
organised by the Savannah Centre for
Diplomacy, Democracy and Development
(SCDDD), asserted that the current
insurgency was the direct outcome of the
inequality in oil revenue distribution.
The governor, at the conference which has
the theme, ‘Post-2015 Elections
Conference on Security and Governance
Challenges in Africa’s Largest Democracy’,
urged the incoming All Progressive
Congress (APC) government to
immediately recommend the allocation of
at least 13 % of revenue derived from
petroleum resources in addition to the
usual monthly location to the states in
north eastern Nigeria to ameliorate their
plight.
The governor’s position was contained in a
paper entitled ‘Holistic Approach for the
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of the
North East Nigeria Region Ravaged by
Terrorism and Insurgency: The National
and International Policy Options/
Perspectives’, which is to be delivered at
the event by his representative and
secretary, Borno Elders Forum, Dr Bulama
Mala Gubio, expressed regret that the
petroleum deposit in the North East had
been left untapped.
Governor Shettima also called for the
establishment of a special intervention
programme to salvage the region from
socio-economic deprivation on the one
hand and environmental degradation on
the other, which, he said, would lead to
desertification and drought with their
consequent imbalance in ecological
dynamics.
“Importantly, it is necessary for the federal
government to recommend the allocation
of at least 13 % of revenue derived from
petroleum resources in addition to the
usual monthly allocation to states in north
eastern Nigeria in order to improve equity
in the share of resources. Moreover, there
is untapped petroleum in the North East.
This will go a long way in improving
national security, since inequality in the
allocation of resources is one of the most
significant factors in the current raging
insurgency affecting the region and
threatening to engulf the outside world.
“Therefore, we are calling for the
establishment of a special intervention
programme to salvage the region from
socio-economic deprivation on one hand
and environmental degradation on the
other hand which leads to desertification
and droughts with the consequent
imbalance in ecological dynamics. It is our
firm belief that this will go a long way to
address the current socio-economic
upheavals experienced in the region,” he
noted.
Shettima lamented that the North East
region, particularly Borno State, was facing
dire environmental and humanitarian crises
requiring urgent intervention and stressed
that such intervention would include
rehabilitation, stabilization and re-
integration of the victims to normal life, re-
building of broken down infrastructures, as
well as re-integrating the insurgents back
to normal society through proper
education and debriefing.
The governor, in the paper, called on
Nigerians to join hands to rebuild the
region, noting that, at the moment, the
states of the region were facing their fate
alone.
Shettima called on the SCDDD to highlight
the plight of the states of the region to the
world with a view to eliciting assistance.
…APC’s victory laid June 12 ghost to rest
– Kingibe
Meanwhile, chairman of the conference,
and former vice presidential candidate of
the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP)
which won the annulled June 12, 1992,
presidential election, Ambassador
Babagana Kingibe, in his opening remarks,
said APC’s victory over the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the April general
election had finally laid the ghost of the
annulled June 12 election to rest.
According to Kingibe, Nigerians who were
already fed up with the misrule and non-
performance of the PDP spoke in one voice
and acted in unity to remove the party
from power.
“In Nigeria, we are living in the very
exciting, challenging and interesting times.
The divisiveness was an effort made by the
political party but it was rejected by
Nigerians and the other party that resolved
not react accordingly. Efforts at dividing
our people will not succeed. People are
united in requesting democracy and
freedom.
“For me, for the first time since 1992,
perhaps Nigerians have purged themselves
of the ghost of June 12. Several
paradigms manifested. Perhaps now, the
ghost of June 12 can rest due to the effort
made by all through these years of trials
and tribulations,” he said.
Keynote speaker at the event, Major-
General Ishola Williams (retd) called for the
scrapping of the appellations of
‘Excellency’, ‘distinguished’ and
‘honourable’ ascribed to elected officials
and other public servants, saying that
most of those officials do not merit the
titles.
According to him, Nigerian remains one
the poorest countries in the world yet most
of the officials live in opulence.
While lamenting the neglect of huge
volumes of reports, whitepapers and other
documents, he said, should aid
government to improve the socio
economic situation of the people, he called
on the incoming government to
immediately dust and implement them.
Chairman and Founder of SCDDD, Prof.
Ibrahim Gambari, pointed out that the
general goal and objectives of the two-day
event was to interface with representatives
of the international community in Nigeria,
leading Nigerian scholars, media experts,
party leaders, researchers in the fields of
defence, security, extremism and terrorism,
economic and political governance,
international monetary and financial
institutions and other relevant
stakeholders, to debate on strategies that
would best address issues of security and
governance in Nigeria and her immediate
neighbours, the sub-region and Africa.
The event attracted highly influential
Nigerians and members of the diplomatic
community who played various roles in
ensuring that the last general election was
peaceful, free, fair and transparent.

Yeye dey smell while nt 20% show me one oil producing state in northern Nig
U wat 13% petroleum revenue 2 allocated 2 north east abi? As if u will use half of d money 2 work am nt saying u will use all becos dat will be over ur death body without using half of it 4 ur personal business(hotel)

We Nigs r nt d cause of insurgency in d north if u no how u guys started it go n end it

'The Borno State governor, Kassim Ibrahim,yesterday appealed to the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd, to allocate 13 per cent of petroleum revenue to the North East region which has been ravaged by insurgency when he assumes office'.

Are we responsible for Boko Haram having a field day there? You folks said that there is nothing wrong with child marriage, so by the time a girl is 15yrs old she is already a wife and a mother. How many of these children born by these child-mothers get educated? Their female children also get married off as their mothers were while the boys become the Almajiris who are empty minds waiting to be brainwashed as they have nothing to look forward to and become easy recruits for Boko Haram. When they blow off your communities because for them it is their own way of playing Playstation, you now feel you are entitled to be allocated resources gotten from a people who abhor child-marriage and love education!

What a hypocrisy!

Arrant nonsense. How do people expect to be rich with over 50 children?

Buhari will give you 50% of Oil revenue.

Shey my Yoruba ediots are seeing the change they clamoured for.

Believe it or not Buhari will support this

WombRaiders:
Buhari will give you 50% of Oil revenue.

Shey my Yoruba ediots are seeing the change they clamoured for.

and you are

redsconsult:
and you are

definitely not your dead beat runaway dad

What shettima needs is 13% groundnut/hides and skin derivation. because there no oil found in Bornu where he governs. He should stop being sarcastic.

The north expects the ND to pay reparations for their own home grown lunacy which they tirelessly supported and defended when a minority Christian was President.

Why won't they make such outlandish demands when even the president-elect called for amnesty for the lunatic bokos and even defined any attempt at curtailing the insurgency "a fight against the north"?

This will not happen because we will resist to the fullest. Buhari should source for another revenue to compensate his boko militia.

Evil pple

E no get wetin person no fit hear for naija!
Waiting for the response from Niger delta bros.

This country is heading for total balkanization.

The northernization agenda is on full swing. Fulani militias have intensified their jihad in the middle belt, boko haram will be "reintigrated" through a paid amnesty program.

I am truly ashamed at the foolishness of the Yorubas for supporting this mythical messiah and bigot.

People are just looking for trouble. See Nigerian military can't curtail the genocide being caused by Fulani herdsmen in Christian Northern areas of which I know for sure that if it continues unabated, the people will be forced to take up arms and stop boko haram activities in NE.
Now we want to add Niger delta insurgency into the equation.

Nigerian military, police and all para military agencies can't fight 3 internal wars at the same time. Maybe Cameroon will come and claim the whole of Cross river state and there won't be any nigerian army to stop them.

Infact I want to believe Shettima is joking as it's impossible at least for now

13% oil derivation from groundnut oil or where


I'm pretty sure the meaning of the word derivation is lost on governor Shettima.


Why not encourage your colleagues to keep pressing for continue exploration of oil fields along the Chad basin, which closer to Borno rather than making outlandish demands ?

signz:
People are just looking for trouble. See Nigerian military can't curtail the genocide being caused by Fulani herdsmen in Christian Northern areas of which I know for sure that if it continues unabated, the people will be forced to take up arms and stop boko haram activities in NE.
Now we want to add Niger delta insurgency into the equation.

Nigerian military, police and all para military agencies can't fight 3 internal wars at the same time. Maybe Cameroon will come and claim the whole of Cross river state and there won't be any nigerian army to stop them.

Infact I want to believe Shettima is joking as it's impossible at least for now

The truth is that the north wants a war in the ND.

I have warned severally here on how the focus will change from the NE to the ND. Boko Haram is winding down.

America is solidly behind the north and wants desperately to control the oil wells.

The north wants to scrap the 13% derravative by all means and halt any aggigtation for resource control.

I dey laugh

Hahaha. ..ND has been liberated from the Igbos

LWKMD in his widest dream!

I thought the north said they can survive without Oil?

I thought they said they have enough Farms and food crops to sustain them?



I laugh in Swahili .... Tsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatstsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsats

dtruth3:
LWKMD in his widest dream!

I thought the north said they can survive without Oil?

I thought they said they have enough Farms and food crops to sustain them?



I laugh in Swahili .... Tsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatstsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsatsats

This is no joking matter.

The north wants to provoke another insurgency in the ND in order to justify a full military assault on ground with the backing of America.

Remember that there is still some "sense" in "nonsense".

Buhari and the northern dominated senate will adopt this move.

13% not a bad idea if you can tell me the number of barrels of oil produce from north east to enable us calculate the figures. Remember you can not use the production elsewhere to get 13%.

It is always about the oil ... Bunch of lazy governors

DaFuq?

WombRaiders:
The north expects the ND to pay reparations for their own home grown lunacy which they tirelessly supported and defended when a minority Christian was President.

Why won't they make such outlandish demands when even the president-elect called for amnesty for the lunatic bokos and even defined any attempt at curtailing the insurgency "a fight against the north"?

This will not happen because we will resist to the fullest. Buhari should source for another revenue to compensate his boko militia.

Gbam !!!
U are a true son of your father !!!


Somebody deliberately set his house on fire and the villagers wanted to help him put off the fire but he resisted them, later after his house had been completely razed down he wanted the same villagers he once resisted to help him build back his house.
Is that not stewpidity at the highest oder, or do u call it foolishness at it pick?

Let them pls take care of the monster they crated for themselves and leave 13% oil derivation for the oil producing states, bcs those people suffer so much from environmental harzads caused by oil exploration.

And besides, what happens to their Arab masters, are they not stinkingly rich from the same oil production, can't they source for finicial help from them to rebuild the region they jointly destroyed?

Or is their own wealth only meant to arm the Jihadists

walton1:
The Borno State governor, Kassim Ibrahim, yesterday appealed to the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd, to allocate 13 per cent of petroleum revenue to the North East region which has been ravaged by insurgency when he assumes office.
The governor, who made the demand known in a paper which he is expected to deliver today at Day-Two of a conference organised by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), asserted that the current insurgency was the direct outcome of the inequality in oil revenue distribution.

WombRaiders:


definitely not your dead beat runaway dad

you can do better....

redsconsult:



you can do better....

That question is reserved for your owambe hopping ashewoe mama