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Communal
Crisis - BNC Flays Edo
2/08/2007
Author: Gabriel Enogholase
Country: Nigeria
Benin
Against the backdrop of the lingering crisis rocking oil producing communities
in Edo State the Benin National Congress (BNC), a pan socio-cultural
organization of the Benin people has accused the state government of
lacking the capacity to manage communal crisis.
A statement issued in Benin yesterday by the National President of the
BNC, Mr. Aiyamenkhue Edokpolo
said that it had earlier warned the government of the consequences of
appointing people who are not from oil producing communities to head the
commission, but it refused to listen.
"The Benin National Congress (BNC) as a stakeholder in the
activities of the Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission had
earlier advised the governor on the need to convoke a stakeholders
forum aimed at placing square pegs in square holes by ensuring that the
actual representatives of the people were appointed into the
commission".
It therefore appealed to Governor Oserheimen Osunbor to listen to the genuine protests of the
people and quickly nipping the crisis in its bud before it developed to a
more serious issue, which could engender peace and security in the state.
Vanguard
Copyright: ©2007 Vanguard
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