Former governor reacts to pipeline bombing, read his advise FG on revenue

– He urged the federal government to look away from oil and expand its sources revenue

– The former governor advises that Nigeria needs to go back to agriculture

Samuel Ogbemudia

Former governor of old Midwest Region and Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, has described recent bombings of oil facilities and pipelines in the Niger Delta region by suspected ex militants, as a wake up call to the federal government to look away from oil and expand its sources revenue.

‎He said: “My personal opinion is that; the bombing and destruction of pipeline in the Niger Delta is a challenge to the country to look for an alternative source of funding. If we had paid attention to agriculture as the north is producing groundnut, the west cocoa, the Mid-West palm oil and others do the same, nobody can sabotage the pipeline. 

“The pyramids in Kano, you cannot get there to say you want to go and bomb it. The pyramids of cocoa in Ibadan, you cannot go and blow it off. It is because oil is passing through pipelines.

“Many years ago, when I suggested that all petrol stations should be connected to the pipeline direct to the refineries, they forced me down, the issue of bombing pipeline would not have arisen,” he said.