Business FG Gives Ijaw, Itsekiri One Week to Resolve EPZ Controversy or Lose $16bn Gas Project

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Nigeria- Following controversy between the Ijaws and the Itsekiris on choosing the name a $16 billion gas project which sits on a piece of land shared by the two tribes, the federal government has given leaders of both tribes an ultimatum of one week to sort out their differences or lose the project.

Excerpt from Vanguard:

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has given the Itsekiri and Ijaw in Delta State one week to resolve the disagreement over the $16 billion Delta Gas City project or government would take the project elsewhere.

It was learned that the Minister handed down the warning to the representatives of the two ethnic groups, who met separately, last week, with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in Abuja.

Both ethnic groups are scheduled to attend a fresh meeting in Abuja on Wednesday to brief the Minister on their joint resolution on the contentious issues, particularly the name of the project, but, as at yesterday, there had not been any meeting by leaders of both sides to resolve the issues at stake.

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