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OSOPADEC: Ugbo Youths Protest Against Chairmanship, Threatens to Shut Down Oil Installation
By Oluniyi Akintunde, Akure
The youths in Ugbo Kingdom in Ilaje Local Government Areas of Ondo state have protested against the nomination of Mr Gbenga Edema as Chairman of Ondo State Oil Producing Commission, (OSOPADEC) by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
It would be recalled that Edema was appointed by Akeredolu as the Chairman of the Commission last week Thursday.
But Ugbo youths on Monday rejected the nomination, threatening to go back to the creek and shut down oil installation and operations if Akeredolu refused to revise the decision within three days.
The protesters, who carried placards with various inscriptions such as: Ugbo People Demand for their Right, Oil Communities in Ugbo Kingdom Say No Gbenga Edema and Oil Producing Communities Demand for their Mandate,OSOPADEC chairmanship, caused a gridlock in front of Governor’s Office.
The Chairman of Ugbo Youths Kingdom, Mr Sunday Nana while speaking with journalists, said they were appealing that the commission’s chairman was appointed against the act of the commission.
His words “Government has singlehandedly imposed Edema and we are baffled because he is not from oil producing community.
“In the history of Ondo State, this has never happened but Akeredolu’s decision is detrimental to our destiny because it is an injury to the entire Ugbo kingdom.
“The act is so clear it is only the host communities that can benefit from all benefits accrued to oil and what Akeredolu is doing now is against the OSOPADEC act 2003.
” And we are saying that he should return our right because we cannot stand this injustice while our right is being taken to another area.
” Edema is from Mahin while the Secretary is from Ese-Odo and these communities are not oil producing communities.
‘These other representatives are partime in the commission and two are given to us, meaning that if chairman and the secretary decide not to call meeting for the next one year, it means that the owner of the oil will not be involved”.
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