…Condemns Environmental Degradation
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on the Federal Government to reserve at least 60 per cent of oil blocks and marginal fields for companies owned by people of the Niger Delta region.
The group made the demand in a statement signed by its National Spokesman and Publicity Secretary, Chief Dr. Obiuwevbi Ominimini, following the 2025 commercial bid conference organised by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
PANDEF expressed concern over what it described as the continued neglect of the Niger Delta despite the region’s contribution to Nigeria’s oil and gas wealth.
The group said while government officials celebrate the attractiveness of Nigeria’s petroleum sector to global investors, communities in the Niger Delta continue to suffer from environmental degradation, poverty and the effects of oil exploration.
