SEN. DEGI WARNS SENATE AGAINST GIVING BAYELSA COMMUNITIES TO RIVERS.(PHOTO).
Sen. Degi Warns Senate Against giving Bayelsa Communities to Rivers. The immediate past Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Sen. Biobarakuma W Degi - Eremienyo has faulted a proposed amendment to the Border Communities Development Agency Act, warning that it could trigger inter-communal conflict and undermine Bayelsa State’s territorial and economic interests. Degi raised the concern while reacting to a bill sponsored by Senator Benson Agadaga seeking to amend the Border Communities Development Agency Act, 2003, as amended in 2006. The former lawmaker expressed opposition to provisions in the proposed legislation, which is scheduled for a second reading in the Senate and seeks to remove some communities in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and attach them to Rivers State. According to him, the affected communities are historically, administratively and geographically part of Nembe Local Government Area and should not be excised thro...



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