Traditional rulers in Bayelsa State, who came together under the auspices of Swamp Area Oil and Gas Producing Communities’ Association, have revealed that indigenes of the state working with multinational companies are behind the neglect suffered by the state over the years.
According to them, their sons and brothers working with the various oil companies are the ones making things difficult for the communities each time they approach the management of these multinational corporations operating in the Niger Delta.
The association, which inaugurated its executive corps at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa with an impressive turnout, however, recorded no presence of multinational companies.
The monarchs, however, said they would not allow that to discourage them from achieving their objective of forming a formidable body that would protect oil installations from vandalisation, and other prevalent crimes in the area.
Speaking to newsmen in Yenagoa, the Chairman of the body, Chief Victor Kurekigha Ighaba, said letters were sent out to the multinational companies as they also wanted to use the medium to discuss some oil-related issues affecting the area, but that they turned their back on them.
SOURCE; http://newtelegraphonline.com/bayelsa-monarchs-blame-indigenes-for-travails/
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