The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible for the steady theft of crude oil in the Niger Delta region.

The governor, according to a statement in Osogbo on Monday by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, spoke at the public presentation of a book authored by Mr. Amitolu Shitu, to mark his 50th birthday.

He said that the nation had continued to lose huge resources to oil theft despite the fact that the Federal Government was in control of the Nigerian Army, the Navy, the Air Force and other security agencies.

Apart from the government being in control of the security agencies, the governor said that the present administration, headed by Jonathan, also awarded contract of securing the nation’s pipelines to an individual.

But despite these arrangements, he said the nation had continued to lose its resources to some few persons.

Aregbesola said that the only way Nigerians could bring an end to this corruption and others, allegedly being perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party-led government, was to vote out Jonathan and other PDP candidates in the 2015 elections.

He said, “Wherever you find the PDP, you will find misery, poverty and under-development. We must remember that the encounter of our people and experience, especially in the South-West geo-political zone, have never brought anything positive. From time immemorial, our people had associated their party with misfortune. And till today, they remain the same,” Aregbesola told the audience.

He added, “The PDP-led Federal Government has foisted double tragedy on the people through lack of transparency in oil revenues. Even before the price of crude oil crashed in the international market, the PDP-led Federal Government had robbed Nigerians of the oil fortunes through fraud of unimaginable proportions.

“The Federal Government is the authority in charge of the Navy, the Army, the Police, Air Force and other security agencies, yet, they tell us that 400,000 barrels of crude are stolen. Who is stealing the crude oil? And these are despite a questionable contract for the protection of oil pipelines and waterways awarded to an individual. They have no other excuse to give. The only way is to vote them out.”

The governor stated that the Federal Government was doing nothing to stop those stealing the nation’s resources, claiming that the nation could be saved of this loss if the leadership was willing to fight oil thieves.

He claimed that the same Federal Government, which had robbed the country of the oil revenues, had made it extremely difficult for the development of the non-oil sector. He said the social, political and economic disorders being witnessed were direct results of the “visionlessness PDP government.”

Aregbesola reminded Nigerians of the roles played by the likes of Amitolu Shittu and others who were jailed, forced to exile, killed and harassed unjustly for the enthronement of a people’s government.

“This is the time for all of you to reconvene and ensure that we rescue our country before it is too late,” he added.

Shittu, in his speech also urged Nigerians to rise up and vote against bad governance while rallying support for the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

http://www.punchng.com/news/aregbesola-blames-jonathan-for-oil-theft-in-n-delta/

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Theft or no theft, even though osun would be self sustaining if all consumption taxes( VAT,petrol tax,road toll) and mineral right or vested in the state , there is still more osun can do in order to insulate herself from the mismanagement of oil money by Jonathan.
Things Like investing in greenhouse agriculture and irrigation, we can easily have year round agricultural. Also the state can tap into the world's trillion dollar annual garment industry.

please... pay our parents salaries!
Haba... we can't continue like this now!

Aregbesola should be talking about cocoa and groundnut theft not oil. Why are they worried about oil theft? The same people that say soon oil will become useless, they jubilate whenever prices of the commodity go down.

How could People full of insults and bitterness, not ready to allow a man from oil producing area to lead the country in peace, still go cap in hand to Abuja every month begging for oil money.

Isn't all governors of the state suppose to be under the president(GEJ) and respect him

If GEJ was as ruthless and wicked as you all claim all of you bad mouthing him would have found your self in an hazardous situation


GEJ till tha kingdom come

Why is Aregbesola obsessed with oil, this is probably the 3rd time he's getting limelight because of Oil, how much oil does Osun State produce?

Aregbesogun, what's your business with Niger Delta Oil? Na your oil??

Even if Jonathan drinks all the oil and eats the Niger Delta money, I will still give him my vote!


GEJ - 2015 - 2019.

What is this voodoo Alfa's concern with ND oil?

All these parasites think of is oil.

Thieves.

BekeeBuAgbara:
Aregbesola should be talking about cocoa and groundnut theft not oil. Why are they worried about oil theft? The same people that say soon oil will become useless, they jubilate whenever prices of the commodity go down.

How could People full of insults and bitterness, not ready to allow a man who is from oil producing area to lead the country in peace, still go cap in hand to Abuja every month begging for oil money.

These Yoruba people are something else.

hmmm