{"id":84971,"date":"2021-08-19T22:35:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84971"},"modified":"2021-08-19T22:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:35:25","slug":"pia-you-are-no-longer-welcome-to-niger-delta-ijaw-youths-tell-buhari-sylva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pia-you-are-no-longer-welcome-to-niger-delta-ijaw-youths-tell-buhari-sylva\/","title":{"rendered":"PIA: You are no longer welcome to Niger Delta, Ijaw youths tell Buhari, Sylva"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Ijaw youths from the states in the Niger Delta region have declared that President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, are no longer welcome to the region over their perceived roles in the passage and signing of the Petroleum Industry Bill into law, despite the wide condemnation that greeted the bill from Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>While conceding that the duo of Buhari and Sylva have the constitutional rights to move to any parts of the country, the youths insisted that \u201ctheir movement into the six states of the Niger Delta will be welcome with boos and disgraceful jeers due to their show of disregard to the plights and cry of the people of the region over the years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Ijaw Youths, under the aegis of the Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide, had on Tuesday rejected the signing of the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill by the President, arguing that signing of the PIB into law was tantamount to \u201ca total affront to the outcry of the people of the Niger Delta region against the 3 per cent provision for the oil producing communities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Ijaw Youths Council, in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Ebilade Ekerefe, said the decision not to welcome Buhari and Sylva to the region was \u201ca further show of disdain to their drop in the ratings of the Niger Delta people and should not expect any accolades and congratulatory messages from the region\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWith the amount of speed the President used in signing the PIB without recourse to the stem stand by stakeholders from the region, the President has further demonstrated that the opinions of the Niger Delta people don\u2019t matter in his government as we\u2019ve witnessed in other areas that requires urgent attention of his government,\u201d the Ijaw youths stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the best course of action to have been taken by the President was to send the Bill back to the National Assembly for upward review of the 3 per cent equity share to host communities whose environments had suffered decades of oil exploration activities by the oil companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, a substantial percentage to the Hostcom would\u2019ve helped to address this age long criminality. 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