Delta Assembly Adopts Resolutions Of South-south, South-east Joint Session

RESOLUTIONS of the joint parliamentary session of
the South-South and South-East state Houses of
Assembly held in Owerri, Imo State have been
adopted by the Delta State House of Assembly.

The joint parliamentary session took resolutions on
two key issues affecting the two geo-political
zones.

Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly,
Tim Owhefere moved the motion, which was unani­
mously adopted during plenary yesterday.

Owhefere, who doubles as the chairman, House
Committee on Information, told newsmen after the
plenary that the two key issues were the Grazing
Reserve Bill before the National Assembly and the
Niger Delta question.

He explained that the regional lawmakers con­
demned the bill on the grazing reserve, as it was
another obnoxious Land Use Act that had impacted
negatively on the people.

He said it was observed that about 80 percent of
land in the geopolitical zones were already covered
by oil exploration and exploitation with the
attendant pollution, saying that the remaining 20
percent in use for farming and other purposes
cannot be ceded for the purpose of cattle grazing.

Owhefere emphasised that the regional legislators
rejected the Grazing Reserve Bill, saying it was anti-
people of the two zones and challenged the federal
lawmakers to do the needful by throwing out the
bill for the sake of unity of the country.

On the situation in the Niger Delta region, Owhefere
said the joint session took a stand against pipeline
vandalism in the area but urged the Federal
Government to reassess its present disposition on
the issue.

He stated that it was resolved that the federal
government should enter into a peaceful dialogue
with critical stakeholders in the zones to resolve
the dispute and operate within the rules of
engagement without incurring collateral damage
similar to that of Odi massacre of 1999.

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