By Frank Momoh
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, has called for the establishment
of National Derivation Commission (NDC) to address the challenges of deprivation and underdevelopment of the Oil and minerals producing communities by the states government
According to Enang, the Commission will be charge with the responsibility to monitor and ensure that money that comes to Delta and any other state as derivation is applied for the development of the area where that mineral was gotten from.
The SSA, made the call when he led the Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSCON) to meet with the Deputy Senate President Senator Omo-Agege during the week in Abuja.
According to Enang, “We had also articulated a position to Mr. President that the money is given, not to the state government, but through the state government to the communities.
According to him, since they have refused to comply and their refusal to comply is causing the communities to look up to the federal government.
And the governors point a finger at President Buhari that he is with the money, deceiving the people that we have come that re-introduce this as a legislative measure”.
On the issue of gas flair, he urged the DSP to follow it up with Mr President to ensure that the money is given to the communities that suffer the effect of gas flair.
According to Enang: “There is a misconception by one of the agency saying that gas flair is part of the 13% derivation.
He noted that gas flair matter is different matter from derivation, it is a penalty for the people who suffered the effect of gas flair, it is not part of the derivation