Rivers
Youth Leader Blames Illegal Refineries Proliferation On Neglect
The issue of illegal refineries and environmental effects of such activity in oil producing communities is still generating debate among young people in the Niger Delta.
Speaking in an interview with The Tide correspondent last Saturday in Port Harcourt, a former President of the Niger Delta Youth Coalition for Peace and Progress, Kennedy West attributed it to the neglect of the Niger Delta youth which has led to the proliferation of illegal refineries in the region.
“We need to know that we have our destiny in our hands and we need to chart a course that will enable us bequeath a better society for our children and grand children.
The problem with the youth of the Niger Delta is all about neglect and when we talk about neglect it is not just from the federal government, but parental neglect, government neglect, neglect in school, a total abandonment of the youth in the Niger Delta and this spanned about four decades”, West added.
West, who is the current Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Niger Delta Youth Affairs also frowned at Federal Government’s plan to approve only just two modular refineries for each of the oil producing states in the Niger Delta.
He advised government to assist youth that engage in illegal refining of crude oil to meet international standard for setting up modular refineries.
“The Niger Delta youth that are involved in this illegal refining first of all have the capacity to refine this product, what they do not have is compliance to international standard, now if they have the required capacity and what they have is not complying to the international standard, that means they are doing it in a crude way, how do you settle that in order to come out with a more mechnised standard that would conform to international standard”, he questioned.
Susan Serekara-Nwikhana
Rivers
NSE Members Tasked On National Dev
Rivers
VALVA Restates Commitment Education Advancement, Literacy In Nigeria
Rivers
Four Internet Fraudstars Get Different Jail Terms In PH
-
News2 days ago
Police Rescue Kidnapped Victim As Suspects Escape With Gunshots in Rivers
-
Politics2 days ago
Tinubu’s Contribution To Buhari’s Presidency Marginal – Ex-SGF
-
Opinion2 days ago
How Reliable Is AI
-
News2 days ago
RSG Tasks Rural Dwellers On RAAMP …As Sensitization Team Visits Akulga, Degema, Three Others
-
Politics2 days ago
Keyamo Inaugurates Ganduje As FAAN Board Chair
-
News2 days ago
Demonstrate Commitment In Improving Host Communities, Ibas Tells Corps Members
-
Politics2 days ago
Reps Constitution Review Committee Holds Zonal Hearing For Rivers, C’River, Akwa Ibom In Calabar
-
Opinion2 days ago
Is Nigeria Democratic Nation?