Author: Preye Okah

Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and Prof Patrick Lumumba have canvassed strong institutions to protect African democracy from recession and political instability.   They made the call in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State at the weekend, at the annual Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Democracy Dialogue, tagged, ‘Breaking New Grounds in the Democracy -Development Nexus in Africa’.  The leaders said the coup d’etat, poor election management, and poverty have derailed the continent’s democracy. They therefore, called for a re-jig of the continent’s democracy.   Jonathan, who was the chairman of the occasion, in his remarks, noted that…

The Delta State Representative of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC Olusegun Ogunnubi has advised stakeholders from the Oil and Gas producing communities not to truncate the setting up of the Host Communities Development Trust Fund provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act. Speaking recently in Yenagoa during a stakeholder’s sensitization meeting for the host communities, the NUPRC representative disclosed that the essence of the meeting was to sensitize them on the gains of the Petroleum Industry Act. Chapter three of the Petroleum Industry Act, provides a legal framework to ensure cordial relations between International Oil Companies and their host…