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  • Why oil spill must stop – Saraki

    Why oil spill must stop – Saraki

    Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, said it is high time multinational oil companies in the country stop oil spills.

    He said this has become necessary because of its devastating effect on the environment and livelihoods of the people.

    Saraki spoke during the opening of a public hearing on the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) Amendment Bill 2012 in Abuja organized by the Senate Joint Committee.

    He lamented that the statistics on oil spills in the country is “shameful” while the impact on the environment is “offensive.”

    He noted that the Bill titled: “An Act to amend the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) establishment, etc, Act 2006 and for other matters connected therewith” was aimed at redressing the legal loopholes in the existing Act.

    Saraki said: “Oil spill is ravaging our environment and has become one of the greatest threats to our sustainable development.

    “This amendment Bill is a clarion call to us all, to put a stop to this.

    “The statistics on oil spills in Nigeria is shameful; the impact on the environment is offensive.

    “It can no longer be business as usual.”

    He noted that the level of spills in the country is a reflection of the “total disregard placed on our environment and the dignity of our people.”

     

     

     

  • Saraki, CPC urge probe of Kwara burglary

    Former Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki and the state chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) have called for a probe of the burglary at the Ministry of Finance.

    The former governor said it is callous to link him to the incident.

    Saraki, who is the senator representing Kwara Central, was reacting to the incident in a statement by his media aide, Akintoba Fatigun.

    He described the incident “as a serious crime against the state and the people of Kwara”.

    The statement said: “The incident is a dastardly act that must be condemned in its entirety…”

    The senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly condemned the burglary.

    The statement added: “It is more worrisome that a group of people with vested interest, yet undefined, can attach such act to Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki.

    “This attempt is mischievous, callous, and inhuman. We see the comment trying to link this unfortunate situation to Saraki as an attempt to derail the public from seeking the truth to get to the bottom of the matter.”

    The CP Chairman, Alhaji Buhari Suleiman, demanded an investigation into the matter to “determine the level of damage done, the amount of money and documents carted away, the culpability of any present and former public servants of the state.”

    He added: “The CPC also demands a public apology on behalf of the good people of Kwara State from the government for keeping the public, without whose legitimacy the government could not be operating in the first instance, in the dark about an incident…”