Masterclass32:
- Annkio Briggs called for a
change of Nigeria's current
structure

- The activist said the north was
benefiting than the rest of the
country

- She noted that the northern
region was contributing nothing to the country

Annkio Briggs who is an environmental activist from the Niger Delta has lashed out at the current Nigeria structure that sees the north benefit more from allocation sharing.

In an interview with The Punch, Briggs noted that the north was at an advantage over the rest of the country due to having more states and local government.

She said: “Today, we have a 36-
state country with six geopolitical zones. The North has 19 states; the South has 17 states. Looking at that, you have a situation where the North has more senators in the Senate and the South has less.

“What that means is that, if there is a bill that will be in the favour of the South, like what happened with the Petroleum Industry Bill – there is no way that PIB would have been passed if the North said it should not be passed. In the North, you have 19 states, 419 local government areas, 58 senatorial seats and 191 House of Representatives seats.

'' The South has 17 states, 357 local government areas, 51 senatorial seats and 169 House of Representatives seats. So, if the Yoruba, all the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta, and the Igbo who are members of the National Assembly agree on anything that would benefit their people, and the North say no, the North’s
position would be upheld.

“We have six zones; all the zones must have equal number of states. You cannot have a situation where census was done and a state like Kano insists that it is more in population and therefore it must have 44 local government areas, but Bayelsa has only eight local government areas.

“When you have allocation that is shared based on the number of local government councils, you would find how unjust the sharing is. The North, in terms of oil and gas, produces zero.

“Yet, when we share based on local government allocation, the North gets 54.9 (per cent) of what we bring to the table. We (South-South) that bring 100 per cent get 45.1 per cent. Of course, it is injustice. When you go by state allocation, the North gets 57 per cent of 100 per cent that they are bringing zero per cent of, but the entire South is getting 43 per cent.

“In the allocation of oil and gas,
the South-South brings 91.54 per
cent, the South-West, that is, the
oil in Ondo State is 3.97 per cent.
The oil in the South-East is 2.75 per cent. The North-Central, North-East and North-West brings 0.00 per cent, and yet, they take home
more.

“Somehow, people are able to
overlook this and focus on the
Niger Delta Development Commission that the government
owes, and focus on Amnesty and
the Ministry of Niger Delta.

“We are saying, ‘Let go of the
amnesty. Let go of the NDDC. The
Ministry of Niger Delta, let go off it. The North-East Development Fund, let go of it. Let go of every
palliative. Let everybody use what it has.’ That is the only justice that we will entertain now and pay tax to the Federal Government”

https://www.naij.com/1116421-the-north-enjoying-lion-share-providing-briggs.html

Sadly that's the truth.
And that is the cage those in Southern Nigeria find themselves. Unfortunately, some of them love to remain like that.

hammerF:
fratermathy, come and learn from the brain of SS.

I dont just like the Ijaws, i lov the Ijaws.

Who made her the "brain of the SS"? I don't even know her to begin with. What does her personal interest in Biafra have to do with the entire SS or more precisely, with Urhobo people? Has she become the mouthpiece of Urhobo people or the entire SS?

iLoveConductor:
If you remove Northern Nigeria, where will Yoruba muslims see another towel headed sultan of sokoto to slam their head to?

You know Yoruba muslims are not facilitated with the ability to see the moon except when a fulani Sultan in Sokoto who ties his head with bandage sees it first. How will they know its time to stop Ramadan fasting and continue with their skull mining business?

So you see, my dear Annkio Briggs, Northern Nigeria has its own benefits.

you're so evil hahahahhahahahaha

iLoveConductor:
If you remove Northern Nigeria, where will Yoruba muslims see another towel headed sultan of sokoto to slam their head to?

You know Yoruba muslims are not facilitated with the ability to see the moon except when a fulani Sultan in Sokoto who ties his head with bandage sees it first. How will they know its time to stop Ramadan fasting and continue with their skull mining business?

So you see, my dear Annkio Briggs, Northern Nigeria has its own benefits.

Wicked.

iLoveConductor:

Those head slammin' yoromuslims will soon attack me

Osu christians,have you condemn danjuma a northern christians that killed your aguiyi ironsi? or have you condemn benue people that killed your people like christmas chickens? no you won't cos you fool is bigot,i have nothing in common with hausa or fulani except that their muslims are my brothers in religion,nothing more,like north christians are to you.

Nicely said but in the first place the north never begged for this contraption called Nigeria it was Nnamdi Azikiwe that begged the north to remain in this contraption.

They are Masters of Enjoyment.