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3% Allocation To Niger Delta By PIA Is Not Enough — Gov Diri

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Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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The Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, has said the three per cent allocation of the operating cost of oil companies to host communities, provided in the Petroleum Industry Act (2022) is not enough.

Diri made the statement through the state’s Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Dr Ebiere Jones on Thursday at the Nigeria Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair held in Bayelsa.

According to the Governor who was replying to the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), Mele Kyari, the region that produces “the golden egg” must not be allowed to be in jeopardy, saying it was unhappy with the allocated percentage.

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Kyari had in 2022 stated that the three per cent of operating expenses allocated to host communities was more than 30 per cent profit share for oil exploration in the “frontier basins.”

The Governor argued that the PIA “did not pay attention to the role of state governments in the realisation of the Act.”

The statement read:

“The authorities are only saying it that details will be in the regulations. But, I don’t know whether the regulation is superior to the Act itself.

“As the state government, we are ensuring that we provide a conducive environment for the operators in the oil and gas industry.

“When we organise youth programmes, they are tailored in a way that these youths understand the need for collaboration in the oil companies. This is because, without that, there can never be prosperity. The oil industry is the major focus of the economy.

“We also want to appreciate the Federal Government and the National Assembly for the PIA.

“However, the Act is cued in a way that the people from the Niger Delta are not happy. That it is only three per cent of overheads that has been allocated to oil-producing communities, while a whopping 30 per cent of NNPCL profits in oil and gas will be going for exploration of frontier basin areas.

“There are a lot of issues that Mr Simbi Wabote, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board mentioned in terms of opportunities but, we must ensure that whatever opportunities we have are tailored towards the energy needs of the country.”

He added that the implementation programmes were still pending, saying it was only the Shell Petroleum Development Company that has assured the host community of their community development trust fund.

He said:

“We think that as a government, the implementation is slow. This is because you have deprived those little development industries of these opportunities.”

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