Aminu Bello Masari, governor of Katsina state has lamented that for six years, a Niger Delta president failed to develop the region despite huge revenues from oil.
Speaking to the monthly, The Interview, Masari had challenged the leaders of the region to come clean on how resources channelled to the region had been spent over the years, noting that even President Goodluck Jonathan’s period in government did little to impact on the development of the region.
“For six years, we had a Niger Delta president. Let us see what difference he made in six years when he was president,” he said.
“When the excess crude account became pocket money, how much of the money went to the Niger Delta?”
He asked the Federal Government to publish how much the region had received since the 13 per cent derivation started.
Asked what he did to ensure accountability of oil money when he was speaker and also a ranking member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Masari said: “The house of representatives has been friendly to the people of the Niger Delta than any other institution in the country.”
On Saturday, Kachikwu said the Federal Government had spent over $40 billion in the Niger Delta within the past 12 years.
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