Niger Delta
Clark writes Tinubu, demands answers over bad roads in Niger Delta

Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu over the state of roads in the region.
He wants the President to urgently declare a state of emergency on roads in the Niger Delta region.
In a letter addressed to the president, Clark wondered why roads in the region were in such a deplorable condition despite the increase in oil production and prices.
He noted that the deplorable state of roads in the oil-rich region had become a critical issue, causing immense hardship to its residents.
Clark’s letter reads:
“I am writing this passionate appeal to you to declare an EMERGENCY in the coming 2025 Budget and also direct your Minister of Works and its relevant agencies to redouble their efforts to repair these roads. Mr. President, we therefore demand that in 2025, this situation of the Niger Delta, the treasure base of the country, should be declared an emergency without further delay.
“Mr. President, I realize that resources are lean and demands are many; it is, however,r, very difficult to understand why roads in the communities that produce the resources that keep this country going are in such a terrible state.
“It is already very sad that the Niger Delta is suffering from decades of environmental damage which would take us many generations to recover from.
“So, to imagine that we cannot commute among ourselves and daily our region produces billions to the national coffers is difficult to fathom.
“At the current production level of 1.8 million barrels per day, which we, the leaders of the region working with the government, have achieved and are still working to increase, it is difficult to understand why the roads in our region should be in this very deplorable condition.
“With oil prices now at US$73 per barrel, we reckon that we are producing enough and we in the Niger Delta cannot be in this condition. What is required to fix the roads is not even up to a week’s production of oil.
“Benin-Auchi Road- Under normal circumstances, this road takes commuters 2½ hours. At present, passengers, on average, spend 7 hours on that road.
“In some cases, it is so bad that travelers have to go through some rural communities in Ekiti State before coming back to the main road.”
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