{"id":23068,"date":"2018-04-18T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=23068"},"modified":"2018-04-18T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T15:12:13","slug":"fg-not-implementing-13-derivation-in-full-says-dickson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/fg-not-implementing-13-derivation-in-full-says-dickson\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Not Implementing 13% Derivation In Full, Says Dickson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has claimed that the oil-producing states in the country are not getting the complete 13 per cent derivation of revenue derived from oil production as provided for in the Constitution.<\/p>\n

The Governor said that in spite of the express provisions of the constitution for the disbursement of 13 per cent to the producing states, those entrusted with the responsibility have not ensured effective implementation of the Derivation Act.<\/p>\n

Dickson, who said that successive governments had violated the 13 per cent Derivation Act, called for the issue to be addressed without delay.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s position is contained in a statement\u00a0on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei.<\/p>\n

Soriwei quoted Dickson as having made the comment during a visit to the headquarters of the TV Continental in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Dickson said that the \u201cqueer kind of federalism in operation in the country\u201d was the reason behind the growing call for restructuring in the nation\u2019s polity.<\/p>\n

He decried the situation where the states of the federation and the Federal Government would be put at the mercy of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation that usually declared whatever it considered appropriate for sharing.<\/p>

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Dickson said, \u201cWe practise in this country, a very funny federal system and these are the reasons some of us are passionate about the call for a restructured Nigeria so that we can address these challenges and imbalances.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven within the existing constitutional framework that has made provisions for 13 per cent derivation, the implementation of it does not really come to 13 per cent. It is unfortunate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a situation where every state, including the oil-producing states, which suffer the adverse effects of oil production, (environment is going, livelihoods are gone and communities are in crisis) and the federal government are at the mercy of the NNPC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn other words, every month, our officials go to the Federal Accounts and Allocation Committee for the month and they simply wait for NNPC to declare what is available and they throw that at us.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, there has been a consistent violation of the constitutional provision regarding 13 per cent constitutional provisions to the effect that all funds that accrued to the federal government should be paid into the federation account so that it would be put in for disbursement according to the revenue sharing formula.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat has been consistently violated by successive governments, and we feel it should be addressed.\u201d PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has claimed that the oil-producing states in the country are not getting the complete 13 per cent derivation of revenue derived from oil production as provided for in the Constitution. 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