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...Violence Blamed On FG's Neglect

This Day (Lagos)
NEWS
April 15, 2004
Posted to the web April 15, 2004

By Jaiyeola Andrews
Asaba
Persistent violence in Delta State has been attributed to the neglect of the
state by the Federal Government, even though it produces 35 per cent of the
nation's wealth.
Speaking yesterday in Asaba, the Commissioner for Information, Hon. Magnus
Onyibe equally said that though the state government abhors violence, it was
wrong on the part of Federal Government not to have accorded the state what was
due to it.
He also accused the Federal Government of "not doing anything to protect the
source of the wealth. That is the situation we find ourselves in. You will be
surprised to find out that the state produces 35 per cent of the wealth of the
country has very little federal presence."
According to Onyibe, most of the federal institutions in Delta State are
maintained by the state government, adding that roads are also maintained by
the state government.
"The police stations in Delta State were paid by Delta State Government. We
built than. The NTA Station in Delta State was paid for by Delta State
Government. Almost all parastatals and institutions of Federal Government that
operate in Delta State are funded by Delta State Government," the commissioner
averred.
He stressed that all these are the burden the state government is saddled with,
which many people do not understand and as such a wrong impression that so much
was accruable to the state and nothing to show for it.

   

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