{"id":898,"date":"2021-10-26T18:46:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/26\/breaking-pandef-demands-increase-of-13-derivation-funds-to-50\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T18:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T17:46:04","slug":"breaking-pandef-demands-increase-of-13-derivation-funds-to-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/10\/26\/breaking-pandef-demands-increase-of-13-derivation-funds-to-50\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: PANDEF Demands Increase Of 13% Derivation Funds To 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Yenagoa_____<\/strong>The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned a bill seeking to expunge Section 2, Subsection 2 of the 1999 Constitution, sponsored by 59 members of the House of Representatives from the Northern part of the Country.
The group made this known following a communique issued at the end of its emergency general meeting on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The communique was signed by Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, FNSE
National Chairman, Akwa Ibom State,
Chief Hon. Thompson Okorotie, OFR
Deputy National Chairman, Bayelsa State
Other signatories were Senator Bassey Ewa- Henshaw, Chairman, Cross Rivers State, Prof. G. G. Sarah, Chairman, Delta State, Dame Betty Igbeyi National Woman Leader, Edo State and Prof. B. B. False, Member, BoT, Rivers State.
The communique reads in part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArising therefrom, the Meeting resolved as follows:
\u201cNoted that following the Richard\u2019s Constitution of 1946 and Macpherson\u2019s Constitution of 1951, Derivation Principle became a major factor in Revenue Allocation in Nigeria. And was reflected in both the 1960 Constitution and 1963 Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat the principle of derivation as encapsulated under the proviso to Section 162 (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), was aimed at providing recompense to the producers of any natural resources for the expropriation and sequestration of their rights to control and manage same, by the Nigerian State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat when revenues from cocoa (in the West), groundnut (in the North), and Palm Produce and Coal (in the East) were the nation\u2019s economic mainstay, derivation in the Revenue Allocation principle was not less than 50 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNoted that derivation, as a revenue allocation principle, has been resolutely suppressed since crude oil became the country\u2019s major revenue earner. Meanwhile, oil and gas exploration activities have degraded the hitherto luxuriant, healthy ecosystem of the Niger Delta, and damaged the indigenous people\u2019s means of livelihood, with little or no effort to ameliorate their consequential dire standard of living.
\u201c Therefore, insists that the principle of derivation in revenue allocation in Nigeria cannot be deleted from the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNotes that it is not only against the principles of fairness, equity and justice but atrocious and wicked to contemplate deleting derivation principle from the Nation\u2019s Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTherefore, the Meeting:
\u201cUnequivocally and in full resolution, condemns the obnoxious and Satanic Bill intended to delete Subsection 2, Section 2 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and describes the Bill as a \u201cLegislative Coup\u201d against Oil and Gas Producing States and Regions of the Country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWarns that the Niger Delta people are ready and mobilized to dispense full resistance against this wicked machination and any future attempt to further Economically Emasculate the Region and its people. We will resist this Satanic and Senseless Coup with every fibre in our being. If they move one more step, we will respond in kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDescribes the sponsors of the Bill, the 59 ignominious, and barefacedly dishonourable Members of the House of Representatives and their clandestine backers, as \u201cTerrorists\u201d, who do not care about the peace, progress and corporate existence of Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReminds the 59 dubious and rapacious Members of the House of Representatives, their Sponsors and indeed all Nigerians that the Derivation principle was negotiated by the founding fathers of Nigeria before Independence and it cannot be deleted now. And that any attempt to do so is a call to anarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImplores President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to focus attention on addressing the fundamental issues confronting the country, instead of further stoking the ambers of discord and disharmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNotes that the extant 13% derivation has not been reviewed for 22 years, despite the constitutional provision for review of revenue allocation every five (5) years, to reflect changing economic realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConsequently, DEMANDS AN IMMEDIATE INCREASE OF THE 13% DERIVATION TO 50%.
\u201cThat, the position of the Niger Delta People is 50% Derivation, and nothing less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Mangrovepen.ng<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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