The Pan Niger Delta Forum has opposed the plan by the Federal Government to spend £4.2 million recovered James Ibori on projects outside Delta State.
The National Executive Committee of PANDEF in a statement by its spokesman, Ken Robinson, said the decision of the Federal Government on how to spend the money is a discouragement to the Niger people.
The statement read, “PANDEF restates its commitment to engage with all critical stakeholders of the region, irrespective of political inclination, in its efforts to foster unity, lasting peace, security and sustainable development of the Niger Delta region for the benefit of present and future generations.
“It criticizes the Federal Executive Council’s approval of the reconstruction of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road at an outrageous amount of N797 Billion, while Road projects in the Niger Delta region have been fund-starved or abandoned. Meanwhile, Oil and Gas resources from the Niger Delta remain the nation’s economic mainstay.
“This sort of inequitable approval does not only further characterizes the Federal Government as non-nationalistic but also undermines national concord and peace.”