83 per cent of oil blocks in the country are owned by Northerners.
“There should be equity and federal character in the allocation of oil blocks in this country. Eighty-three per cent of all present oil blocks are held by northerners,” Enang said on the floor of the Senate, without any of the senior lawmakers contradicting him.
Meanwhile many of the northern senators had, on Tuesday, kicked against the Bill, particularly Clauses 116-118 which made provision for 10 percent Host Community Fund.
They had also claimed that over N11 trillion derivation and other funds released since 1999 were mismanaged and unaccounted for by different governments from the oil- producing states.
