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The Ijaw Nation Development Group (INDG), on 20th September 2020, in collaboration with other Ijaw organizations including, Ijaw Professionals Association (IPA), Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF), Ijaw Nation Forum (INF), Ijaw Ladies Association (ILA), Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG), Embasara Foundation, as well as individuals and representatives of Izon Organizations globally, via a virtual conference critically examined the National Water Resources Bill (2020) currently before the National Assembly and notes the following.1. The re-emergence and pursuance of a National Water Resources Bill, which had hitherto, been rested by the 8th National Assembly, due to widespread national opposition to its assent, but brought…

Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) has commissioned an indigenous contractor, Gredor Nigeria Limited, to begin the construction of the gas pipeline infrastructure to deliver gas to the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board Industrial Park in Polaku, Bayelsa State.The company Vanguard reports, said it would continue to optimize its onshore footprint while investing in gas development in Nigeria. This came as the companySNG had earlier in the year acquired the lease of one hectare of land in Polaku for the gas project which will supply gas to industries in the park and environs. The project is expected to be delivered within…

Bayelsa State Chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has restated that the party’s two candidates in the forthcoming Senatorial bye-elections remain the best options for the vacant seats.The immediate past governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, is the candidate for Bayelsa West Senatorial District while the immediate past PDP state chairman, Moses Cleopas, is flying the flag of the party for Bayelsa Central Senatorial District.In a statement released in Yenagoa, the PDP State publicity secretary, Mr. Ebiye Ogoli, said both Dickson and Cleopas, had been tested in leadership positions and both discharged themselves creditably, insisting that they will give…

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Duoye Diri, says the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is key in efforts to wean Nigeria from its dependence on crude oil.Diri who stated this in Lagos, when he paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of NIMASA, stressed that Nigeria’s most enduring wealth of Nigeria lies in maritime.The governor said the country’s future depends on the successful harnessing of the enormous resources in its marine environment, noting, that as a lot of countries are moving away from fossil fuel, Nigeria should leverage on the maritime sector as an alternative revenue source.The governor,…

Gov. Douye DiriBayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has promised to revise the development story of the state from project duplication to a people owned system as top-bottom approach in the state budgeting process had over the years, resulted in duplication of projects in communities.The governor stated this at the second edition of the conference on “Citizens Participation for Preparation of the 2021 Annual Budget”, which held in Yenagoa.Participants at the event were drawn from the State House of Assembly, commissioners, permanent secretaries, local government chairmen, labour unions, women and youth groups and civil society organisations, among others.Diri, who was represented…

Having failed to surreptitiously smuggle the National Water Resources Bill 2020 into the country’s statute books, the sponsors of the controversial bill that has caused intense anger across mostly communities in the South of the country and the Middle Belt, are reported to be making moves to retrace their sneaky steps and work to return the Bill through the front door by having it gazetted for proper debate as required under democratic practice.A tenor of near juvenile arrogance has attended statements made by promoters of the Bill located in the Presidency but, working through members of the National Assembly including…