– The Youth Coalition for Good Governance lamented the fact that the NLNG does not have any Bonny indigene in top management positions, even though the indigenes were qualified for the positions
– The group questioned why contracts were handed out to outsiders- mostly northerners- instead of Bonny indigenes, and they cited an example of a recent contract handed out to a firm owned by northerners
– They reminded the federal government that these sorts of marginalization has led to militancy in the region, even as they vowed to resist
– They called on the minister to call the management of the NLNG to order, to stop what they referred to as ‘ethnic cleansing’
The Bonny chapter of the Youth Coalition for Good Governance (YCGG) has written an open letter to the minister of state for petroleum resources Ibe Kachikwu, urging him to take action to rectify what they allege is the marginalization of Rivers and Delta state indigenes by the management of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) company.
The letter which was sent to ZENITHBLOG.com, was signed by Comrade Abarasi Halliday, the Bonny state chapter chairman of the YCGG.
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The group also copied the acting president Yemi Osinbajo, and the Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike.
They outlined a series of injustices allegedly done to them by the company’s management.
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The Youth Coalition for Good Governance (YCGG) wrote a letter to Ibe Kachikwu, over the marginalization of Niger Delta indigenes by the management of NLNG (Photo credit: YCGG)
The group is urging the minister to immediately call the NLNG to order (Photo credit: YCGG)
The youths want to feel a sense of belonging, as the resources being exploited are in their region (Photo credit: YCGG)
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Meanwhile, ZENITHBLOG.com previously reported that the people of Kunukunuma Federated community, host to OML 42 flow station in Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri south west local government area of Delta state gave the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) 21 days ultimatum within which to address the issue of alleged marginalization.
The people of the oil rich community handed down the ultimatum during a protest held in the community, with a threat to shut down the flow station if by the end of the 21-day-ultimatum, nothing was done about their demand.
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