Gov. Douye Diri tasks Reps on PIB, insists on cleanup of Niger Delta region
Gov. Douye Diri tasks Reps on PIB, insists on cleanup of Niger Delta region
Oil spill. PHOTO: aljazeera.com
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, yesterday, charged members of the House of Representatives to expedite action on passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as to expeditiously correct some of the injustices in oil producing states.
Governor Diri gave the charge when members of the House Committee on Oil Spill Investigation, Cleanup and Remediation in Oil Producing States visited him at Government House, Yenagoa.
“I appeal to them to have serious interest in the PIB. The PIB has been there from one Assembly to the other. It is another source of ameliorating what we perceive as cheating on the part of the oil companies and Nigeria on the Niger Delta and its people,” he said.
He lamented the level of oil companies and Federal Government’s neglect, saying the people have suffered so much environmental degradation and pollution of water bodies leading to increase in cancer and other strange ailments.
He expressed the hope that if implemented, the committee’s report would bring succour to people of the area.
