13% Derivation Funds Be Given To Host Communities – Senator Ita Enang
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The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Senator Ita Enang has advocated the reordering of receipt of the 13% derivation funds, accusing the governors of the Niger Delta states of been unkind to the region and to oil-producing states.
Enang who made the statement at a webinar on ‘Resolving the Host Communities Question’, organised by Orderpaper in partnership with the House of Representatives’ Committee on Niger Delta and the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter, NNRC, he also indicted the governors of misappropriating the 13 percent derivation fund.
According to him; “The Governors have not been kind to the Niger Delta, and I want to pray that the National Assembly amend the Niger Delta Development Commission Act, as well as amend the constitution so that the 13 percent derivation does not go to the governors; it should go to the host communities and targeted at the development of these communities.
“This is because the governors used the 13 percent derivation to buy aircraft and used the money to develop and build many houses and these monies are found in Banana Island and foreign countries. Let us find a legislative means whereby these monies can be used for the development of the communities”.
The Special Adviser further appealed to the relevant committees of the National Assembly to call the management of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, to order. Enang noted that the agency is veering off its purpose of promoting local content among oil-producing communities.
