Ekiti dep gov urges Buhari to allocate oil wells to states

Ekiti State Deputy Governor Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to allocate oil wells to states of the federation to make them more buoyant and less dependent on the Federal Government for survival.

The deputy governor said the federal government should make more resources available to the states for them to meet their obligations.

Egbeyemi also urged Buhari to strip some Nigerians of their oil blocs and allocate same to the states to ensure development.

He stated this yesterday during an interview on Ekiti State Television monitored in Ado Ekiti.

He said: “The victory achieved by the President was a victory for Nigeria indeed and the masses who reposed confidence in him and voted him back to office.

“This is the time for him to take some bold and radical decisions to make life better for the citizenry and ensure economic recovery.

“President Buhari, during his second term, must make the states buoyant. He must take oil wells from individuals and allocate them to the states so that they can pay their workers, build more infrastructures and establish industries.

“We have some individuals holding oil wells having billions of Naira coming to them every day while majority of Nigerians are living in poverty.”

Egbeyemi also advised Buhari to remove People’s Democratic Party’s members who were still on boards of federal commissions, boards and agencies.