The Pan Niger Delta Forum has chastised President Muhammadu Buhari (retd) for signing into law the contentious Petroleum Industry Bill 2021. Despite the enormous protest of the people of the South-South zone, the President went ahead and signed the PIB into law, the group lead by elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark said it is a very "sad and horrible day" for Nigeria. PANDEF had pressed on a ten percent equity share for host communities, rejecting the three percent allotted to them in the recently approved Petroleum Industry Act. Continue reading