{"id":10938,"date":"2016-08-17T22:19:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T22:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10938"},"modified":"2016-08-17T22:19:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T22:19:30","slug":"ijaw-youths-laud-search-for-oil-in-north-says-it-will-accelerate-equitable-distribution-of-oil-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10938","title":{"rendered":"Ijaw youths laud search for oil in North says it will accelerate equitable distribution of oil money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=9889&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Ijaw Youth Council has lauded the accelerated search for oil in Northern Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari and northern governors but said the move is coming at the wrong time.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the council&#8217;s spokesman, Eric Omare, said President Buhari-led government should focus on diversifying the nation\u2019s ailing economy, especially areas where the different regions had comparative advantage over the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrdinary, the IYC would be excited by not just a Presidential directive to explore for oil in any part of the North but discovery of oil in the North. This is so because we strongly believe that the struggle of the people of the Niger Delta region for equitable distribution of oil money would become a reality once oil is found in the North as well.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9610\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths-300x184.png\" alt=\"Ijaw youths\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths-300x184.png 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths-128x80.png 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths.png 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9619\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9619\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alayo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=9889&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ijaw Youth Council has lauded the accelerated search for oil in Northern Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari and northern governors but said the move is coming at the wrong time. 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