The exercise is to be based on the Akwa Ibom State Map Establishment Law 2023 passed by the state House of Assembly.
“Our thinking is that, with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act, persons who do not have any bearing with the oil exploration within the state are waiting to seize part of the land so that it would qualify them as host communities. We are not bothered; we are not worried. The fact is that the bulk of the resources accruing to Akwa Ibom State is derivable from the oil within the local government areas of the Ijaw nation.
“We have come with the aspirations, the desires, the pains and the cries of our people to say ‘no, this should not be.’” Abiante called on the Federal Government to protect the Ijaw nation against the alleged incursion by the Akwa Ibom State government.“We have come, crying and saying ‘please, this should not happen to our people. It is against morality; it is against justice; it is also against the laws of our land,” the lawmaker said.All rights reserved.
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