Protest rocks Abuja, Niger Delta as group demands 40% oil bloc licenses for indigenes

By Kenneth Udeh, Abuja

A group under the aegis of Niger Delta Community Youths Association, based in Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Rivers, Cross River, Delta, Imo, Abia, and Ondo States, has expressed strong objection to the recent allocation of oil bloc licenses by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to corporate entities and individuals who are not indigenes of the Niger…