The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has expressed worry and dismay over the recent pronouncement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which halted the disbursement of funds from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to Rivers State.
PANDEF said the primary casualties of the judicial restraint will be the innocent citizens of Rivers State, for whom the funds serve as a lifeline for economic, social growth and infrastructural development.
PANDEF spokesperson, Dr. Obiuwevbi Ominimini said, “As a pivotal contributor to Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, the backbone of the nation’s economy—Rivers State should not be subjected to fiscal strangulation owing to a political discord that remains eminently resolvable. ndeed, to deprive the state of its rightful allocations is to impose unwarranted hardship on a people who…
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