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[size=14pt]2011: Northern leaders meet on zoning, Jonathan today[/size]
National News Jul 15, 2010 Share | By Clifford Ndujihe

LAGOS—GIVEN the heat the issue zoning has generated, Northern political leaders will today brainstorm on zoning of political offices, especially the presidency, in 2011.
Expected at the parley are notable leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, including governors elected on the party platform.

After failed attempts, Northern political elite are expected at today’s parley to come up with a position on which part of the country should produce the president in 2011.

Dubbed Northern Political Summit, notable northerners who were at the last meeting and expected today include former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; ex-Minister of Finance, Adamu Ciroma; former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Yusufu; Alhaji Jibril Maigari, former Minister of Commerce, Alhaji Bello Maitama Yusuf; ex-Governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawal Kaita; Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Kaita, Alhaji Suleiman Ishiaku, Mr. Eziekiel Ibrahim, and former National Chairman of the defunct Democratic Party of Nigeria, DPN, Alhaji Saleh Hassan.

Also expected are the former Minister of the FCT, Air Vice Marshal Hamza Abdullahi (retd); former Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen. Muhammed Ali Magoro; former military Governor of old Western State and Minister of Police Affairs, Gen. David Jemibewon; former Governor of old Borno State, Alhaji Mohammed Goni; Sen. Daniel Sarror; Dr. Shettima Mustapha; Sen. Nuhu Aliyu (retd DIG); Sen. Awaisu Kuta; former National Chairman of PDP, Chief Audu Ogbeh; Prof. Ignatius Ayua.

The former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Shaba Lafiaji; Alhaji Bello Kurfi; Senator Zainab Kure, wife of the former Governor of Niger State; Sen. Mohammed Ahmed; Hon. Kola Yusuf; former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Usman Albishir; former Chief of Army Staff General Salihu Ibrahim; Senator Gada who is a member of the National Interest Group in the Senate that worked to actualize the Doctrine of Necessity and the Coordinator of the meeting; former Senate President, Senator Iyorchia Ayu; National Security Adviser, General Mohammed Aliyu Gusau are also expected.

Zoning divides North

Authoritative sources told Vanguard last night that the Northern leaders might, however, have been divided on the question of zoning especially as they have held series of meetings on the issue in recent time without reaching a consensus.

While some want the PDP’s unwritten zoning arrangement retained, others are opposed to it.

Retaining the principle means that the prevailing formula for sharing of plum political offices among the six geo-political zones will remain and President Jonathan would have to give way for a northerner to occupy Aso Rock. That is if the PDP wins the presidential polls.

Those in support of zoning said it was the surest way to ensure political stability and allow minorities the opportunity to ascend power.

The PDP zoned the presidency to the South, specifically South West in 1999, to assuage the region over the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections won by their son, late Chief MKO Abiola. After former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s second term in 2007, power, in accordance with the arrangement returned to the North and late Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua emerged as President with Jonathan as his Vice. Following Yar’Adua’s death, Jonathan was sworn in as President.

Some northern leaders want Jonathan to respect the zoning arrangement, be a statesman, abort his speculated presidential ambition and hand over to a northerner like Obasanjo did in 1979 as military head of state. Obasanjo was second-in-command to the late Maj. Gen. Murtala Mohammed and took over when the latter was assassinated in 1976. He implemented Murtala Mohammed’s transition programme and handed over to Alhaji Shehu Shagari, a northerner as civilian president in 1979.

Implications of abandoning zoning

Those opposed to zoning fear that Jonathan might be too ambitious and aspire to rule the country for 10 years; that is two years of Yar’Adua’s remaining tenure, four years first term and another four years of second term that he is constitutionally allowed to go for.

Hence, they want the North to oppose Jonathan’s ambition with her electoral might.

However, a note of caution is coming from those opposed to zoning. Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Mukhtari Shehu Shagari wants the North to be cautious in the way they emphasise the issue of zoning in deciding the next President. He said the North naturally owed it a duty to compensate the South_South zone, for supporting the North in all the political arrangements the country had operated in the last 50 years.

Shagari reportedly noted that President Goodluck Jonathan had every right like every other Nigerian to contest for the presidency next year.

He said: “I believe it is time for people of the North to reward the South_South for their loyalty in the past because I cannot remember at anytime in the history of the country when the South_South did not go along with the North.

So, I think we should also reciprocate the gesture and if at the end of the day, the PDP decides to field Jonathan as the presidential candidate, I believe it is the duty of the North, especially the Northwest, to support him because one good turn deserves another.

“We should not make this thing to look as if it is tribal, ethnic or regional. Some people are now saying that Jonathan should not contest and power should remain in the North. I want to remind them that the South_South for over 50 years have been supportive to the political aspirations of the North. Thus, if today somebody from South_South is in power, it is just like our own brother whose people have been very supportive of ours in the past.”

Secretary of the Political Committee of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed, criticised Northern leaders that are backing zoning and, described their position as unrealistic.

The ACF chieftain further noted that those who were claiming to be speaking for the North on the issue of 2011 general elections were no longer relevant.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/07/15/2011-northern-leaders-meet-on-zoning-jonathan-today/

[size=14pt]Kogi senators at war over refinery site [/size]
Written by Taiwo Adisa
Thursday, 15 July 2010

Senator Smart Adeyemi
The three senators from Kogi State are at one another’s throats having been torn apart by Federal Government’s decision to site a refinery in the state. Group Politics Editor, Taiwo Adisa examines the arguments on both sides.

Ordinarily, the decision to site a refinery in a state should be a source of good news, and so it was, when the Federal Government signed an agreement with some Chinese investors, earlier in the year, on the plan to build three new refineries in the country.

Besides the economic impact such an installation would attract to the immediate environment, there is also the source of pride for residents of such a community. The people of Kogi State, who are to play host to one of the refineries, also received the news with joyful hearts. Little did anyone know, however, that the source of joy would soon turn to another source of division among the three senatorial districts in the state.

Everything was going on smoothly up to June 18, when the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) sent words to the Kogi State government, requesting for a site for the proposed refinery. According to the NNPC’s letter, the site for the planned refinery should fulfill five criteria, including a land space of about 400 hectares; located around Ajaokuta; close to Geregu Power Plant; have direct access to deep waters and close to the Ajaokuta Steel Complex. The plot is also required to have a rail link to the coast.

While concerned citizens were already zeroing their minds on a site located close to Lokoja, which is described as an industrial layout, the state government had a different plan. On Friday July 9, the bubble burst as the state governor, Alhaji  Ibrahim Idris, announced Itobe, a site located in Kogi East Senatorial District, as the spot for the refinery project.

While receiving a team of Chinese experts and officials of the NNPC, the governor issued a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for a land measuring about 400 hectares and located around Itobe to the NNPC. The governor said that the site approved for the project meets the conditions spell out by the NNPC. A statement from the government also indicated that the Chinese investors were happy with the site presented to them by the state government.

But the news immediately sparked a fresh agitation and accusation of marginalisation from Kogi Central and Kogi West senatorial districts.  The two senators representing the districts, Senators Smart Adeyemi and Otaru Ohize, addressed  the media in Abuja the same day, alleging that the governor is guilty of nepotism and tribalism in approving that site.

In a joint press statement, the senators called on the Federal Government “to halt the move by the governor to site the refinery in his own senatorial district (Kogi East), as this development is capable of causing disharmony among the people of the state.”

The senators rejected the choice of Itobe as, according to them, the site was not economically viable and does not fulfill the conditions set out by the technical team set up by the Federal Government for the purpose of identifying a site. They said that the site originally proposed by the Federal Government’s team had identified Lokoja as the most suitable for the project.

The senators contended thus, in the statement, “The decision of the governor in the location of the proposed refinery is a further attempt to marginalise the two other senatorial districts: West and Central of the state.

They further added: “It would be recalled that recently, the federal government, in conjunction with some Chinese investors, agreed to build three refineries in the country to ease the perennial fuel shortage which often confronts the nation. One of the refineries is to be built in Kogi State.

“In order to address the issue of the location of the proposed refinery, the Federal Government set up a committee to consider a suitable place for the location of the project. The committee came up with a report that the refinery be sited in Lokoja, Kogi West Senatorial District, along Ajaokuta Steel Company Road in Kogi Central Senatorial District.

“The report also suggested that the refinery be sited in a place not too far from the growing Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Geregu Power Station in order to guarantee regular power supply to the refinery.

“Also, as it is expected, a rail line would connect Ajaokuta and the FCT in the very near future. And it would be easy to move products out of the refinery, particularly to Abuja and Lokoja, the state’s capital.

“In line with this development, discussions have already started on the need to build the refinery close to Ajaokuta, since the place is serviced with a rail line, which is used to feed the Ajaokuta Steel Company.”

As if it was waiting in the wings to hear the senators out, the government of Kogi State promptly responded in a paid advert on Sunday July 11, in which it insisted that the site approved by the state government was in order.

Richard Elesho, the Director of Press Affairs in the Governor’s Office, Lokoja, said that the decision to site the refinery in Itobe was taken after the request was tabled before a technical committee of the State Executive Council.

“The site, which was eventually chosen, meets all the criteria stipulated by the NNPC above. Consequently, and in the discharge of his duties as the only one empowered to allocate land in the state, the governor issued a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for a land in Itobe for the project,” the government stated.

The government’s statement insisted that the aggrieved senators failed to seek clarifications before raising the allegations in the media.

Senator Otaru Ohize
But the arguments will not end there. Senator Nicholas Ugbane, who represents Kogi East Senatorial District, rose in defence of the state government when he also addressed the media in Abuja on Monday. He insisted that nepotism was not one of the considerations which informed the governor’s decision to site the refinery at Itobe.

The senator expressed the gratitude of his district to President Goodluck Jonathan for establishing the refinery in the state. He  equally thanked Governor Idris for promptly issuing the C of O for the project.

He said, “At this crucial stage of Nigeria’s democratic trials and travails, in which President Jonathan is decrying tribal sentiments and religious bigotry, it is lamentable, regrettable and unthinkable for a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who ought to be the building block of democratic structures, unity and development, to be soaked in an unholy sentiment.

“The so-called press release protesting the choice of location for the establishment of the refinery is targeted at misinforming Nigerians. The approved site by the state government is a twin sister town to Ajaokuta.

“If sentiment had been taken into account by the Kogi State government, the project would have been sited in the heartland of Kogi East Senatorial District.”

But Senators Adeyemi and Ohize are not relenting in pushing their arguments. While answering questions on the suitability of the agitation against Itobe, Ohize said it was wrong to include political considerations as one of the conditions which justify the siting of a refinery.

According to him, “A refinery is an economic project. It is not a political party, it  is not all about politics, it all about the economy and in siting any economic project, you will put into consideration all the economic factors that will make such a project viable and sustainable.

“That is why most of our projects failed, because politics have come to play a higher role than economic factors. We have refineries in Kaduna, we have in Warri and in Port Harcourt as well. This particular one, the Federal Government saw already existing rail line in Ajaokuta that even passes through Warri to Aladja and, apart from that, there is an existing power plant in Geregu.

“You know why our industries failed, like the textile industries in Kaduna and Kano. Why all these happened is because there were no stable power supply and it became too expensive for them to continue to run on generators. I am sure nobody will expect us to run our refinery on generators and that is why the technical team, which was set up by the Federal Government, initially recommended the siting of the refinery between Ajaokuta Steel Plant and Lokoja.”

Senator Adeyemi also declared, in an interview, that he was against politics of nepotism. According to him, the first generation of Nigerian leaders played politics fairly and that laid a background for unity.

He stated: “When Sadauna of Sokoto was siting the Ahmadu Bello University, it would be sited in Sokoto, but he brought it to Zaria. Today, what you have are tribal leaders and the more we talk about the need to come together, the more you see some people polarising their people; the more people will be agitating for federal character; the more people will be agitating for rotation.

“Sadauna of Sokoto came to Kabba and established College of Agriculture in 1963. At that time many….with university, do not have secondary school. Sadauna of Sokoto, who sited College of Agriculture in Kabba now, would have sited it at Kebbi or Yauri, but he brought it to Kabba here. What we are saying is that today, you have leaders who are propelling, who are encouraging tribalism, nepotism in government and I think the media should expose such leaders.”

President Goodluck Jonathan and the NNPC surely have a lot to do in sorting this Kogi debacle.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/politics/8253-kogi-senators-at-war-over-refinery-site

Africa wins by the tiniest of margins when population is factored in (India 1.18 billion, Africa 1 billion). We need to work a lil bit harder, so we never have the highest number of poor people per capita.

Becomerich, sharap dia!!! This is the real queen of batu, you better bow down and learn ;

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Jarus:
See this one. BCR doesn't work in Canada, they work on him

Yei! My bone don crack o!

The way I write is a form of written developed in Nigeria. I am missing Nigeria pinkin and africa languages with my written. It is like batu.

Headache! Abeg gimme panadol o!
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[size=14pt]NNPC Bankruptcy Claim Rattles Presidency, Jonathan Orders Damage Control[/size]

Alarmed by the revelation by Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola that the nation’s state-run oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was bankrupt, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered his top ministers to “refute and repudiate” the report in an apparent damage control.

Nigerians and market watchers in the world were shocked yesterday that NNPC had gone backrupt and no longer solvent.

"NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) is insolvent as current liabilities exceeded current assets by 754 billion naira (5 billion dollars) as at December 31, 2008," Babalola said yesterday.

The minister said that in the same letter, NNPC said it was "incapable of repaying 450 billion naira (3 billion dollars) which it owed the Federation Account," referring to the account to which monies made by all government institutions, including customs and ports, are paid.

However, angered by public reaction to revealation, President Jonathan ordered the Minister of Finance Segun Aganga and Information and Communications Minister Dora Akunyili to “immediately refute the story.”

A Presiency source said that the junior minister may lose his job over the statement credited to him.

“The President is not happy and it seems like that statement to the media though may be true but was not cleared by the Presidency before it was made.” The source said.

Akunyili fired the first salvo this morning when she said, “does not have solvency issues.”

Her counterpart in the Finance Ministry, Olusegun Aganga followed later when he accused Babalola, his junior minister of not having the whole picture before making the statement yesterday that rattled the world.

He does not have "comprehensive picture."

“Yesterday’s statement has clearly rattled the Presidency and Babalola is fighting for his jon I can tell you.” The source told Thetimesofnigeria.com

http://www.thetimesofnigeria.com/TON/Article.aspx?id=2737

I hope it is not too late. In any event, heads must roll.

. . .Tragicomedy.

“Look, I am a friend of the police.”

“Who is your friend? You can’t commit a crime and claim that you are a friend of the police.”

“I have written many articles defending you people, asking government to attend to the welfare of policemen…”

“We don’t read articles. Just follow us.”

“I also speak on television”

“I don’t watch telly. Where NEPA dey sef to take watch television?”

“When you get to the station, you will know. In fact, your crime don increase. Parking on the highway, trying to teach policemen how to do their job, causing public nuisance, trying to create an accident and risking the lives of other Nigerians, wasting the time of the Nigeria Police with silly talk, claiming to be a journalist and a policeman at the same time…very serious crimes.”

“I have not committed any crime, officer.”

“When you write a statement in our station, you can say so.”

“This your friend is too stubborn. I think he is a big man but he doesn’t know what to do. Instead of him to behave himself, he has been boasting here that he knows commissioner; if you like know IG.”

“You people didn’t give me a chance to explain.”

“Who is interested in your explanation? Police say you park for highway, you wan bring dictionary. You think this place na your office? Don’t you live in this country?”

“This car is under arrest”

Wonders shall never end in 9ja! seriously, we would be better of without police.

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EzeUche:
And I am ok with Aba being washed away. May clean the filth from the city.

Seriously, xenophobia has nothing to do with this topic. Every part of Nigeria has environmental issues; the whole country needs a plan.

safariman:
The first pic with NIGERIA looks suspicious. Border crossings don't have signs like that

Nothing suspicious. There are several of our border crossings that are mere bush paths, I recall once after I'd just left school when there was a curfew, I was able to cross the border and return later in the day. The area I crossed wasn't even blessed with a sign board.

safariman:
I don't think I read in the article any comments about numerous stops or road blocks by NPF

He says he was not stopped. Police de fear oyibo.

EzeUche:
No!!!

If Bayelsa and Rivers state is submerged, guess where they will be coming in droves It will be Alaigbo! Alaigbo is way too crowded as it is.

Nigerian environment is poor everywhere, from North to South; whether it is from desert encroachment or ocean surges or decease brought on by these changes.
It would surprise you to find that the worst erosion in the country occurs in Igbo land, that needs to be urgently tackled as well, so xenophobic attitudes are self defeating.

^
Hows the family, choking yet?

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.32.html#msg6238782

Big B1:
You haven't seen nothing yet, just wait till next week.

Ok, so we'll know where the oil windfall money went next week?

What is his race? Black, White, Arab or Indian?

Even if he buys 500 jets, he will still fail.

oyb:
crybaby baby bunty

if you're bothered by my presnec get yo' lying backside off NL

. . .After you have gassed your father https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.32.html#msg6238782

oyb:
aisha abeg come and lock thread - the rest of it will be beaf the broken record and his reliving of aushwitcz

since he has been throughly humiliated and outed, he has nothing else to do in his attempts to gather some shreds of dignity and save face

Lock the thread? NL should have expelled you long since. It is a disgrace that a psycopath like you is allowed to hang around after saying such monstrous things.
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.32.html#msg6238782

oyb:
take to the admonitions  of your intellectual betters

why are you silent on the bbc ? cat got your tongue ?  

liar liar pants on fire  

Just go and kill your family in the gas chamber, it will not be the Niger Deltans you dream of gassing. I have little time for your type, but you foolishly follow around NL, like some sort of psychopath.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.32.html#msg6238782

davidylan:
oyb is a partisan hack but that is a false claim against him.

Words don't lie. https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.32.html#msg6238782

oyb:
^^^^6

wetin i talk  - when beaf gets pushed in a corner and shown up as a paranoid oversensitive everyone is out to get me twerp  he never failes to deliver !!!!!!



carry on!!

you can even put it in your signature!!!

it won't change the fact that you are a frustrated liar and demagogue wannabe out to whip up bizarre sentiments  

sadly your mother failed ion more eways than one - which is why you keep behaving like an uncouth steert thug


better stop spamming nl with youur incoherent rants and try out for mtv's yo momma -

Interesting!
When a grown man talks about his wish to see others in the gas and doesn't realise the sheer monstrousity of his words, there has to be a serious problem.  https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.32.html#msg6238782

Charlie, it will be your family in your gas chamber, not Niger Deltans.

oyb:
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all I needed was to enter a search engine - now that you've been trumped you can commence what you do best whine about gas chambers
paranoid schizoprenia is a bad thing

You were the one who said you wished all Niger Deltans would be herded into cattle cars and gassed.
Anybody can read your gas chamber statement here https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-464527.32.html#msg6238782

If I tell you that, such comes only from the mouth of a devil and it will be your folks in the gas chamber, you get upset. Your little baby will be first in your gas chamber, followed by your mother.

Kobojunkie:
na wa ooo!!! . . . Ok . . look up BBC America News for today . . We don't get the BBC Videos online here but you guys on the UK side do.

O come on! I said no news, it should be strictly analytic articles. News is simply retold, whereas analysis is not.
Don't be like oyb who can't comprehend requirements.

Kobojunkie:
BBC Channel wey I dey watch now no be BBC again?? ROFLMAO!!

That matters little, can you provides links as detailed below? And please include the timelines. It can't be that hard, if there are so many as you say.

Beaf:
Ain't you taking the challenge then?

But, lets be very definite about the scope of what we are talking about, before we rumble. It should be stories that originate from the BBC, with BBC wording and analysis; this cuts out any plain old news items.

Kobojunkie:
How about today? Like someone already said earlier on, there are tons of stories on Nigeria from the BBC that are mighty positive. Only people are too wound up tight in their insecurities to notice them. I woke up to a piece on Nigerian today on BBC . . . should I ignore that because you are convinced that BBC are racists according to you? ** rolls eyes big time**

Ain't you taking the challenge then?

But, lets be very definite about the scope of what we are talking about, before we rumble. It should be stories that originate from the BBC, with BBC wording and analysis; this cuts out any plain old news items.

Kobojunkie:
Very bad lie!!!

Provide several links and give the dates between them. Its a challenge, if you take it up; I'll do the same from Xinhua, CNN, Bloomberg etc.

We can do this scientifically. BBC vs other Western international news agencies. Deal?

software:
its the truth so let them say it, if we do good they will say it as well, let us tell the world our prob and they can help, Nigeria is such a proud country, empty vessels,

It is very challenging to find any good story about Nigeria in the BBC. For CNN, its quite different, there are lots of good stories.

dlox01:
this guy BEAF is a retard o!?!!!!
so its that difficult for you to know that that is a model in a glass box?no wonder you are always getting duped and you've rendered your family broke!! na wa for you, 2010 youre still getting high on you own supply??
ive seen this model before, but even aside that, what angle was this taken?what was the distance between the speeding car and the moluwe for it to capture the whole molue and people that large?have you ever handled a camera before?no, i thought so, how would you when you've sold all you property to 419ers that present model boxes to you and chop you little money. what was the elevation of the car(was the car speeding on a bridge?)??whats at the background? but you sef, im dissapointed, the worst part is you insulting people over this issue whereas you no no weting e be o,
just shut up abeg

Seriously, I find this funny!
Is it ok to make unproven declarations? A model in a glass box? Where is this so called model, is it at the museum in Onikan? Who made it? Was is Bruce Onobrakpayeya, Chike Onuorah or who? Why is there only one known photo of it?
You should be able to answer every single one of the above questions, otherwise na rumours you de spread!
Stop expelling hot air jare! Imagine, spreading b*llsh!t with confidence!

occam:
@ beaf
I don’t mean “roll over and give up” I say hit them where it will hurt most: Their pocket. The less audience to listen, view or read their message, the less revenue they make online. Pay less attention to their garbage message and let’s focus on creating & distributing content that shows positive stories about Nigeria people.

Al- Jazeera, for instance tries to put out positive messages of the Arab world, regardless of what CNN or BBC thinks. Our media needs to do the same.

Yes, BBC & other western media do portray African countries in a derogatory way. Why is this? The typical western audience has a stereotypical image of Africans as being primitive & poor. Western media companies are business driven and will put out messages that appeals to their core audience.

I get your argument, but the BBC is wholly funded by a govt tax called TV licence. Boycotting them will make absolutely no difference to their revenues; that can only work for public companies like CNN (maybe thats why they are much more respectful to Africa).

Mr Fire:
Some possible misinformation. Not Denmark but Netherlands (Holland).

Thanks. Its edited now.

Nigeria needs to learn from the experience of Holland. The whole of the country is below sea level, but they have found ingenious ways to build dykes and other fortifications; they are also foremost when it comes to floating buildings that rise and fall with the tides.

For decades, we have been blindly mounting concrete assets in our most vulnerable areas. Lekki is an accident waiting to happen, the area is worth billions in property investments, but nothing serious is done about the annual excursions of the waves at barbeach. One day, it will be too late.

In the Niger, there are numerous dangers to health, from acid rain to gas flaring.  In 2005, the Federal High Court of Nigeria ordered the cessation of gas flaring, because it violates the "guaranteed constitutional rights to life and dignity". Has gas flaring stopped?
Not only has gas flaring been linked to cases of asthma, leukemia and other cancers in the ND, it also coats the soil surface and kills the vegetation.
The amount of gas we flare is equal to 40% of the Africa's total gas consumtion . The most silly part of gas flaring, is that we lose $2.5 billion per year, money that could be used to fix all of our coastal problems, from Lagos to Bakassi.