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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   COVER STORIES Delta State Development Commission coming By Austin Ogwuda Wednesday, October 27, 2004 ASABA — A BILL seeking to establish a separate commission for the development of oil producing areas of Delta State   besides the  Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has been presented to the State House of Assembly. The Bill which passed through the first reading yesterday, when passed, will make it mandatory for the setting aside of 40 per   cent of the 13 per cent derivation fund accruing to the state for the proposed commission for the proper management of  such   fund. Sponsor of the Bill, Mr. Misan Ukubeyinje, representing Warri North constituency, in his explanatory note on the bill said: “This   law seeks to provide an organised management and administrative structure for effective use of the 40 per cent or any increased   percentage of the 13 per cent oil derivation fund accruing to Delta State Government for the purpose of tackling the   underdevelopment and ecological problems which arise from the exploration and exploitation of oil minerals in the oil producing   areas of Delta State.” Other functions of the commission include “receiving and administering the said fund, rehabilitating and developing oil producing   areas in the state, liaising with relevant federal and state governments authorities in combating problems of  coastal erosion, oil    pollution, spillages and other ecological/environmental issues in the affected areas.” Section 4 of the bill gives an insight into the composition of the proposed commission which will have a chairman, three   representatives of the oil producing areas in the state and one representative each from the Ministries of Finance, Works and   Economic Planning. Fielding questions from reporters, Mr. Ukubeyinje dismissed  fear that the bill was aimed at duplicating the functions of the Niger   Delta Development Commission (NDDC), pointing out that whereas the NDDC develops even non oil-producing councils in  the  nine member states, the proposed commission, he said, “besides being for the state would concentrate on developing purely  the  oil producing areas.”   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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