Group Demands Executive Order For Construction Of  Refineries

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Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HostCom, has advocated the need   presidential Executive Orders for oil companies to build Refineries and Gas Processing Plants as indemnities to host communities and producing states yet to establish Oil Producing Areas Development Commissions to do so.
The group made the demand through its   national president, High Chief Benjamin Style Tamanarebi and state chairmen after a recent retreat.
It also proposed additional modifications and clarifications on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, which it wants the National Assembly to integrate.
On the first executive order and addendum, it stated: “We demand executive order as follows- Refineries and gas processing plants be built by operating companies as part of the social corporate responsibilities by the multinationals operating in the oil and gas producing states, and compensation to the producing communities which have suffered endless gas flaring and severe hazards of exploitation and negative exploratory impacts that have affected their environment, ecosystem, economy, cultural heritage and livelihood for over 60 years.” “The benefits are reduction of communal crisis, youth restiveness, incessant illegal bunkering, pipeline vandalism, high cost of petroleum products, and creation of employment, social advancement and sustainable development,” it said.
The statement added: “HostCom demands presidential executive order on the establishment of Oil Producing Areas Development Commission by producing states that are yet to establish it.” “Here again, the intervention of the Presidency through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant on Niger Delta Affairs and the Minister of Finance and National Planning is required to integrate the artisanal/modular refinery operations. “It would reduce to barest minimum crude oil theft, illegal bunkering, pipeline vandalism, kidnapping and all manner of anti-social vices to create a favourable working environment as it would increase employment, create wealth and development in the region and above all, boost the country’s economy and increase the nations Gross Domestic Product”
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