Stop allocating oil blocks to individuals – Don tells FG

 

A don, Prof. Obasi Igwe, has called on the Federal Government to stop the allocation of oil blocks to individuals in the country.

In an interview in Abuja on Thursday, Igwe, the Head of Department, Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, said it was an anomaly for individuals to own oil blocks.

He said that there was no reason for the government to say there was no money to pay civil servants’ salaries yet some individuals with oil blocks lived in extravagance.

According to Igwe, the Federal Government should

be in charge of the oil blocks to allow it address the economic challenges in the country.

The don said that for many years, individuals controlled these oil blocks without any contributions to the economy.

Igwe said that licences for oil blocks already allocated should be revoked and the Federal Government should take them over.

He said that a lot of Nigerians were richer than many African states, however, were not willing to demonstrate any form of patriotism by helping to rescue the country in its hour of need.

Igwe advised President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate and precise steps to restore hope and confidence of Nigerians in his administration.

According to Igwe, the anti-corruption war of the Buhari administration has created revolutionary situation that must be sustained.