ExAngel007:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the
crude oil in the Niger Delta region belongs to
Nigeria.

He said the country will not make progress if
citizens sacrifice state for tribe.

In a letter on Tuesday and addressed to Edwin
Clark , Ijaw leader, Obasanjo said tribal allegiance
must be suppressed for a state to emerge.

The former president was responding to comments
credited to the Ijaw leader. Clark had reportedly
said Obasanjo’s “hatred against the Niger Delta
people is disappointing”.

The Ijaw leader’s comments came after Obasanjo
allegedly attacked Ebipamowei Wodu, national
secretary of Ijaw National Congress (INC), over
resource control at a recent peace meeting.

Clark said section 140 of the 1963 constitution
provided that a natural resource found in a region is
to be controlled by the people of the area.

But the former president said the provision did not
imply that resources found in any region belongs to
the people there.

“My dear chief, where in this constitutional
provision is it said or implied that minerals located
in any part of Nigeria belongs to that location? For
emphasis and to further buttress the point, the
provision is even in the exclusive list – exclusively
reserved to the federal government,” he said.

“Let me proceed with the most basic constitutional
fact that you cannot have two sovereign entities
within a State which is what your position of Niger
Delta ownership claim of the crude oil found in that
location amounts to. All those who purchase crude
oil from Nigeria enter into contractual relationships
with Nigeria not with the Niger Delta.

“I have always stood for equity and justice in our
federation and, for me, tribe has to be suppressed
for the state to emerge. And until the state
emerges, Nigeria will not make the desired
progress as tribesmen will always sacrifice state fo tribe.

This has always been my position and it will
remain my position until I breathe my last.

“There are many important points that you easily or
conveniently left out in your letter.

“Let me now separate the Global Peace Foundation
meeting of December 13, 2021 at the instance of
Bishop Onuoha and where I participated from the
second meeting of CGN which followed on
December 14, 2021. We believe that the conclusion
and the report of the meeting of December 14,
2021 hold the best position for realistic and
pragmatic action for taking the country forward as
possible actionable amendment to the constitution
before 2023 elections.

“Some of the languages you have deployed to
describe me in your letter are offensive, uncouth
and I totally and completely rejected them. I am not
inconsistent, hypocritical, unstatesman and nor am anybody’s lackey. You use your own yardstick to
judge others.

“I fear God and I respect those who respect
themselves and I hope it is about time you change
from a tribesman to a statesman of character. That
is what Nigeria and indeed the region you profess
to love demand of you at this stage.”

https://www.thecable.ng/obasanjo-nigeria-wont-make-progress-if-citizens-sacrifice-state-for-tribe/amp

Zandena:
I can see that the comments section is deserted! Unlike when a northerner especially Muslim says this, the IPOB E-rats would have been spewing bigotry and poo!
Hypocrisy is indeed a disease

Zandena:
I can see that the comments section is deserted! Unlike when a northerner especially Muslim says this, the IPOB E-rats would have been spewing bigotry and poo!
Hypocrisy is indeed a disease

Zandena:
I can see that the comments section is deserted! Unlike when a northerner especially Muslim says this, the IPOB E-rats would have been spewing bigotry and poo!
Hypocrisy is indeed a disease