The Federal Government has said it was considering a state-focused approach to enthroning sustainable peace in the Niger Delta region.
Minister of State, Petroleum, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, stated this at the weekend in Abia State, when he accompanied Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on tour of the state.
According to him, the state-focused approach would complement the ongoing efforts at the national level by ensuring that state governors, elders, youths and stakeholders play a more active role in keeping the peace.
He said the state-focused plan, known as the Ring Fenced State Approach (RFSA), was one of the issues he dealt with in his latest monthly message to stakeholders titled, “Oil Sector Militancy Challenges- Road to Closure: 20 Point Plan.”
He said the state-focused plan, known as the Ring Fenced State Approach (RFSA), was one of the issues he dealt with in his latest monthly message to stakeholders titled, “Oil Sector Militancy Challenges- Road to Closure: 20 Point Plan.”
The minister said the new approach would, among others, entail the Petroleum Ministry working with governors of oil producing states to realise “fit for measure” solutions to identified unique challenges facing oil producing communities in the states.
“One of the things we will need to do frankly is that each state must develop a fit for measure solution. I will be working with state governors to identify the peculiarities of every state and what we need to do to bring a solution to that state.
“The main objective is to substantially increase the benefits and rewards flowing to oil producing states which bear the brunt of the devastating environmental damage which diversely affects both the economic survival and social activities in the affected communities”, he explained.
He said the approach would ensure that “opportunities in contracting, the opportunities in securing the pipelines, the opportunities in businesses within that particular state coming from the oil sector go to that community substantially.
“The result of this is that indigenes of the state can protect themselves from incursions from individuals who are largely criminal elements coming in from other states to cause confusion.”
Apart from this approach, Kachikwu proposed other complimentary initiatives. To institutionalise engagements and nip developing crisis in the bud, the minister would, at least once every two months, coordinate meetings involving state governments and their representatives, the military, the oil companies operating in those areas, and stakeholders.
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