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Niger Delta Leaders Press Buhari With16-Point Requests

Niger Delta leaders and stakeholders on Tuesday pressed the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari with 16requests at a parley with the president behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The requests were presented by the Amanyanabo of Twon Brass Bayelsa State, King Alfred Diete Spiff, on behalf of the leaders who visited the President under the umbrella of Pan Niger Delta Forum.

They demanded, among other things, the allocation of oil blocks and awards of contracts to indigenes of the region, review of the amnesty package, de-militarisation of communities in the Niger Delta and relocation of operational headquarters of oil companies to the region.

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