Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said that the Nigerian project has been funded by crude oil from the Niger Delta.
Dickson said this at a workshop titled: “A day with the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and Ijaw literary icons,” held at the Ijaw National Academy (INA), Kaiama, Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
According to Dickson, the unity of the nation is negotiable, stressing that the Niger Delta should demand for what is rightfully theirs.
“I believe that if you ask the question whether Nigeria should continue to exist as a united country, the answer you will get from the majority is yes. I believe that the continuous existence of our nation as an indivisible entity is desirable,” Dickson said.
“There is a very strong case to make for that. After all you and I, our people have been funding the Nigerian experiment for the last 61 years.
“From your backyards, they carve out portions of land and call it in Abuja and Lagos and other capitals of the world, they call it oil blocks.”
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