Niger Delta Elders and Leaders Forum have urged the Federal Government to return Nigeria to the 1958 era where region had control of their resources.
This was stated by the group's Coordinator, Chief Mike Loyibo. He said, the Niger Delta people who he represents were opposed to the Federal Government’s ‘’cosmetic peace’’ approach in the region which is incapable of bringing lasting solutions.
Speaking, he said the only way to end agitations in various parts of the country was to ensure resource control by the regions and pay commensurate tax to the Federal Government adding that, that way agitations would die a natural death.
He said when Nigeria existed in regions back in 1958 each region controlled its resources and paid tax to the centre and developed at its own pace without holding any region to ransom.
He said: ‘’During that era, the West was producing cocoa and paying tax to the Federal Government and the North, groundnut and they were paying tax to the government and that is true federalism.
‘’We must restructure Nigeria for every section to develop at their own place. That is the thinking of the ordinary people that I represent in the Niger Delta.
‘’We are concerned about the environmental problems, the economic problem, the infrastructure problem and even the political problem.
‘’We want to be seen to be actually involved because we are not second class citizens; anywhere in the world, we are first class citizens and Nigeria belongs to all of us. All of us are equal people, there is no part that can intimidate any other.’’
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