Niger Delta deserves more than 13 percent derivation, Obasanjo says at refinery inauguration in Bayelsa
•Project will kick-start region’s industrialisation —Eruani •Refinery justifies agitation against oil injustice —Diri Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advocated an increase in the 13 per cent derivation to oil-producing states in the country. Obasanjo said the present benchmark was a starting point that can be negotiated upwards. The former president spoke at the inauguration […] The post Niger Delta deserves more than 13 percent derivation, Obasanjo says at refinery inauguration i
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•Project will kick-start region’s industrialisation —Eruani •Refinery justifies agitation against oil injustice —Diri Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advocated an increase in the 13 per cent derivation to oil-producing states in the country. Obasanjo said the present benchmark was a starting point that can be negotiated upwards. The former president spoke at the inauguration […]
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- October 13, 2026
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- Aherhoke Okioma
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