{"id":29045,"date":"2014-07-11T11:34:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T10:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=29045"},"modified":"2014-07-11T11:34:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T10:34:25","slug":"confab-delegates-fight-over-derivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/confab-delegates-fight-over-derivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Confab delegates fight over derivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Northern and Southern delegates went for each other&#8217;s jugular as they raged \u00a0over derivation at the National Conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The crux was wether oil producing communities should get more than 12 per cent as prescribed by the north or 50 as desired by the south.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chairman , Justice Kutigi is however set to meet with those they call 50 wise men on Monday to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Delegates engaged in a shouting match, frustrating several attempts by the leadership to break the deadlock over the contentious issue of derivation formula, special rehabilitation fund for the conflict-affected areas as well as mineral resources.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Open Sans,Arial,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Vice chairman Bolaji \u00a0Akinyemi said, \u201cWe are just going to go ahead and take decisions. We cannot continue like this. We have tried our best to be accommodative in this. Now, we go to the committee\u2019s recommendation on resource control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recommendation of the devolution committee that 13 per cent, as contained in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), be retained with a proviso that a percentage of the 13 per cent derivation devolves to the host communities, was presented.<\/p>\n<p>He informed the delegates that the committee equally recommended that the issue of offshore\/onshore dichotomy be left as it is.<\/p>\n<p>There were proposals in the amendment that the derivation be increased to 18 per cent, 21.5 per cent, 25 per cent, 30 per cent and 40 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The drama started few minutes after delegates converged for the day\u2019s plenary. 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