Oil communities in Anambra State demand compensation, royalty
Communities in the four local government areas of Anambra State registered as oil sites by Orient Petroleum Resources Nigeria Plc have demanded for compensation, royalty, employment and scholarship from the company.The communities’ youths are championing the cause through their legal consultant, Justice Peter A.C. Obidigwe, former Chief Judge of the state and Chinedum and Sons Engineering Company Nigeria Ltd, involved in the registration of communities with oil deposits in the state, Chief Godwin Anachuna- Ajie, a life patron of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ).
The four councils are Ogbaru, Ayamelum, Anambra East and West.
They urged the Federal Government to prevail on the company to meet their demand.
More Stories
EBONYI STATE GOVT TO BORROW #4 BN FOR HOUSING PROJECT
REPORTER: AMECHI ODO Ebonyi State Government seeks to borrow four billion Naira to construct 500 housing units in Uburu Ohaozara...
FIRE RAZES SHOPS AT ONITSHA MAIN MARKET
REPORTER: UCHE NDEKE Property and goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed by fire in Onitsha, Anambra State. An...
YOUR ROLE IS CRITICAL IN REDUCING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – ONYIMA TELLS JOURNALISTS
REPORTER: ALFRED AJAYI A former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Sun Newspaper, Dr. Tony Onyima, has appealed to journalists...
TORTURE: POLICE ARRAIGN SUSPECTED EBUBEAGU OPERATIVE IN EBONYI COURT
REPORTER: AMECHI ODO Police in Ebonyi State have arraigned one Friday Okoro before an Nkwagu Magistrate Court for an alleged...
WE DON’T KNOW NUMBER OF PVCs BURNT IN OUR EBONYI OFFICE—INEC
REPORTER:AMECHI ODO The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is yet to determine the number of Permanent Voter Cards...
INEC OFFICE BURNT IN EBONYI
REPORTER: AMECHI ODO Unknown arsonists have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Izzi Local...