{"id":110793,"date":"2024-03-04T18:51:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110793"},"modified":"2024-03-04T18:51:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:51:17","slug":"national-assembly-summons-niger-delta-minister-over-alleged-marginalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/national-assembly-summons-niger-delta-minister-over-alleged-marginalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"National Assembly summons Niger Delta Minister over alleged marginalisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1792611331842000618\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Assembly House Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh to appear before it on Thursday, March 7, 2024, to defend a petition filed against him by the Benin National Congress, BNC, a Benin socio-cultural organisation over alleged marginalisation against Edo South people by his Ministry.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Benin National Congress had in a petition signed by its President, Aiyamenkhue Edokpolo, and the Secretary-General, Comrade Maxwell Uwagboe and titled \u201cUnfair Exclusion Of Edo South Senatorial District For the Allocation Of Projects\/Amenities\u201d by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh urged the National Assembly to investigate the Minister\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman, National Assembly House Committee On Public Petition in a Summons\/Hearing Notice to the Minister (Respondent) and the Benin National Congress (Petitioner) dated 21st day of February 2024\u2033 stated as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhereas the above-named petition is now pending before this Committee and the particulars of the petition aforesaid are already within your knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd whereas, the petition has been assigned to be heard by the Committee for determination. You Are Hereby required to note Sections 88 and 89 (C) of our constitution (as amended) and appear in person before this Committee on Thursday 7th day of March 2024 at 2:00 pm or so soon thereafter as the Committee shall direct:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease bear in mind the NCDC Protocols. Venue: House of Representatives Room 429 (New Wing).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are to Submit one (1) soft and ten (10) hard copies of your brief on the matter. And Further Take Notice that if you do not attend the hearing as required, the case may be heard or determined in your absence. Issued this 21st day of February, 2024\u201d the summons\/ hearing notice further stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas had a fourth night ago directed the House Committee on Public Petitions to investigate a petition by the Benin National Congress, BNC a Benin socio-cultural organization which accused the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh of unfair treatment of the people of Edo South senatorial district of Edo State in the distribution of projects and other amenities.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker gave the directive soon after a futile attempt by the House majority leader, Professor Julius Ihonvbere to stop the petition from being tabled by the member representing Egor\/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency of Edo state, Murphy Osaro Omoruyi.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Ihonvbere objected to the presentation of the BNC petition by Hon. Murphy Omoruyi on the ground that it was unmeritorious and his objection was graciously overruled by the Honorable Speaker, by granting Hon. Omoruyi\u2019s leave to lay the petition upon the table, and directed the House Committee in Public Petitions to investigate it.<\/p>\n<p>The Benin National Congress also in the petition, lamented what it described as the unfair treatment of the people of Edo South senatorial district of Edo State in the distribution of projects\/amenities by the Minister of the Niger Delta Minister, Abubakar Momoh.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner appealed however that the; \u201cBudget of the Ministry of the Niger-Delta be revisited to enable the needful corrections and the allocation of projects to include Edo South Senatorial District being the largest by land mass, the largest by population, the only District in Edo State that is oil and gas producing with its well known environmental degradation to stave off the anger over this unmerited deprivation\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Assembly House Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh to appear before it on Thursday, March 7, 2024, to defend a&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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