Thursday, October 9, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Contact
Newsroom Nigeria
  • Home
  • News
    • Across the Nation
    • Crime Watch
    • Metro
    • Political Arena
  • Politics
  • Opinions
  • Crime and Court
    • Judiciary
  • Business
    • Banking
    • Business and Economy
    • Business Life
No Result
View All Result
Newsroom Nigeria
ADVERTISEMENT
Home Across the Nation

NGOs write Tinubu on Itsekiri, Calls for Compensation for Environmental Injustice, Federal Appointments

NHRC said ‘Itsekiri produce 30 percent of Nigerian oil. In the distribution of natural resources, they are at the receiving end of the stick

Newsroom Nigeria by Newsroom Nigeria
October 23, 2024
in Across the Nation
Reading Time: 3 mins read
0
SHARES
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By Omolade Adegbuyi and Ologeh Joseph Chibu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been asked to address the historic injustice faced by 1million Itsekiri people in Nigeria. The Itsekiri are a minority oil producing people in Delta State who have no voices and no one to uplift them from national isolation fuelled by historic injustice.

Related posts

10th African Brands Congress 2025 On October 13th

10th African Brands Congress 2025 On October 13th

October 8, 2025
TINUBU ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF GEOFFREY NNAJI AS MINISTER

TINUBU ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF GEOFFREY NNAJI AS MINISTER

October 7, 2025

In a letter to President Tinubu despatched to Aso-Rock on Wednesday, the Nigerian Human Rights Community, (NHRC), a coalition of 130 civil society and community-based groups spread across Nigeria said Itsekiri people in Delta and Edo States produce some 30 percent of Nigerian total oil output yet remain the most oppressed and marginalised oil producing community in Nigeria. The group said the indigenous environment of Itsekiri territories have been devastated due to years of oil exploration and lack of Environmental Impact Assessment, (EIA), which impoverishes the land, the people and the environment.

The statement signed by the group’s Secretary Abiola Adeleke, the Director of Publicity, Mr Taiwo Adeleye, the Northern Coordinator, Mallam Yao Abdullahi and the Niger-Delta Coordinator Steven Ekong said the Itsekiri have been subjected to the worst form of deprivation for many decades. The group called on President Tinubu to listen to the pains and agonies of Itsekiri and should compensate them for enduring the hardship without resorting to violence or armed conflict adding that President Tinubu needs to prove that ‘diplomacy and peaceful agitation have rewards in Nigeria.’

NHRC said ‘Itsekiri produce 30 percent of Nigerian oil. In the distribution of natural resources, they are at the receiving end of the stick. The Federal Government’s presence in Itsekiri land is almost nil. The Federal Government boycotts Itsekiri when it comes to Federal appointments including into the smallest unit of government institutions.’

The coalition also said the marginalisation of Itsekiri is not only by the Federal Government but also by private oil companies operating in the Niger-Delta adding that the percentage of unemployment among Itsekiri is the highest among ethnic groups in the Niger-Delta.

The coalition said in a statement issued in Lagos after its media encounter with journalists that it was time for President Tinubu to appoint an Itsekiri into exalted and inspiring position to compensate for the injustice to the people. Apart from producing 30 percent of Nigerian total output, an Itsekiri, Chief Alfred Rewane made the largest single donation to the pro-democracy movements in the 1990s a choice that led to his assassination by the Nigerian state.

It said ‘this oppression has been going on for over 50 years. At the political level, as we speak, Itsekiri has no Federal Minister. Itsekiri has no Senator. No Itsekiri person was appointed into any strategic position during the eight years of former President Mohammadu Buhari and none has been appointed by current President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.’

The group said it is the height of oppression that oil and marine related institutions see continuous exclusion of Itsekiri people at its topmost echelon.

‘No Itsekiri person has never been appointed to lead the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) eventhough the community produces 30 percent of Nigerian oil output. Itsekiri person has never led the Nigerian Maritime Authority, (NMA), Nigerian Port Authority, (NPA), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, (NNPC).’

NHRC said though Itsekiri are well educated and hardworking but that whenever they make it to the top, they are axed from the apex and prevented from taking the desired leadership by people from other ethnic groups adding that the people have watched this happen over and over again.

The group said it has confidence that President Tinubu has listening ears and would allow reason and justice to prevail.

It said Itsekiri have made tremendous contributions to the civilisation and economic growth of Africa since the 15 th century without adequate recognition from the Nigerian successive governments. It said while some other ethnic groups have taken to violent armed agitation, the Itsekiri have continued to adopt peaceful means but regretted that the Nigerian Government seems not to respect democratic culture. The group however said said it would protest to the United Nations, (UN), the Nigerian National Assembly, the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) if nothing is done to address the problem.

ShareTweetSendShareShare
Previous Post

EFCC Docks Fake Nurse for Alleged N28.2m  Fraud

Next Post

BREAKING! FG SCRAPS TWO MINISTRIES

Related Posts

10th African Brands Congress 2025 On October 13th
Across the Nation

10th African Brands Congress 2025 On October 13th

October 8, 2025
TINUBU ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF GEOFFREY NNAJI AS MINISTER
Across the Nation

TINUBU ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF GEOFFREY NNAJI AS MINISTER

October 7, 2025
VIEWPOINT: OWERRI : IN THE HEARTLAND OF THE SOUTH EAST, TINUBU STRENGTHENS BONDS, By Sunday Dare
Across the Nation

VIEWPOINT: OWERRI : IN THE HEARTLAND OF THE SOUTH EAST, TINUBU STRENGTHENS BONDS, By Sunday Dare

October 6, 2025
HEDA Commends Appointment of Hon. Kayode Oladele as Acting Chairman of Federal Character Commission
Across the Nation

HEDA Drags Ozekhome, Son to ICPC Over Alleged Fraud, Forged IDs and London Property Grab

October 5, 2025
NEW TAX LAWS, THE WAY FORWARD FOR NIGERIA’S PROSPERITY, SAYS TINUBU
Across the Nation

EXPLAINER: The Misconceptions Around Tinubu’s Income Tax Reforms, By Michael Chibuzo

October 4, 2025
TINUBU SIGNS  FOUR TAX BILLS INTO LAW TO TRANSFORM FISCAL, REVENUE FRAMEWORK
Across the Nation

GROUP WRITES TINUBU, SAYS SECURITY OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES REMAIN THE FIRST DUTY OF GOVERNANCE “

October 3, 2025
Next Post

BREAKING! FG SCRAPS TWO MINISTRIES

RECOMMENDED NEWS

LAGOS SPEAKER TUSSLE: WHY 39 LAWMAKERS-ELECT ENDORSED OBASA

2 years ago

Beyond Salary Reduction, HEDA Urges Politicians to Adopt Measures to Alleviate Economic Hardship

1 year ago

Obasa Congratulates, Tasks Muslims On Lessons of Ramadan

2 years ago

OBASA SALUTES REMI TINUBU AT 62, RECALLS HER ROLE IN NADECO

3 years ago

FOLLOW US

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

POPULAR NEWS

  • LAGOS, OSUN STAKEHOLDERS REJECT PDP ZONING, RALLY FOR GBENGA HASHIM

    South Rejected Tinubu in 2023, North and South Will Reject Him in 2027 — Gbenga Hashim’s Group

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • HEDA Drags Ozekhome, Son to ICPC Over Alleged Fraud, Forged IDs and London Property Grab

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • TINUBU ACCEPTS INEC CHAIRMAN’S DEPARTURE, BESTOWS NATIONAL HONOUR ON HIM

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • NDLEA Smashes Cocaine Cartels Behind 6 UK-bound Shipments, Arrests Arrowhead

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • IN JOS, TINUBU ASSURES NORTHERN CHRiSTIANS OF FAIRNESS, AS HE PAYS TRIBUTE TO LYDIA YILWATDA, MOTHER OF THE APC CHAIRMAN

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
ADVERTISEMENT
Newsroom Nigeria

The NEWSROOM NIGERIA is an independent, liberal on – line news platform committed to the right of the individual to pursue his economic happiness, without undue interference of the state. It shall promote the rights of the individual; right to freedom of worship and conscience, and to hold opinions and impact same without hindrance, subject to such laws are as consistent with the constitution and necessary for the protection of the rights of others.

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Contact

© 2025 Newsroom Nigeria - Designed by Semasir Connect.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Across the Nation
    • Crime Watch
    • Metro
    • Political Arena
  • Politics
  • Opinions
  • Crime and Court
    • Judiciary
  • Business
    • Banking
    • Business and Economy
    • Business Life

© 2025 Newsroom Nigeria - Designed by Semasir Connect.