Foremost Niger Delta advocate, Ankko Briggs, has said that the north takes more than 60 percent of Nigeria’s revenue, a situation that makes the recent calls for restructuring, a hard task.
She was speaking, yesterday in reaction to the recent calls for the restructuring of the country.
According to her, the north has more states, local governments and members in the National Assembly, making them frustrate attempts to pass bills that will favour the north.
“Going by the figures, the North is getting over 60 per cent of the total local government allocations and even when we come to the states as well they also receive far more than the Southern states,” Ankko Briggs
“Again, if you go to the National Assembly, they are far more in numbers, especially in the House of Representatives, and so by the time there is a motion or bill, which they are not in support of, ends up being frustrated or not being passed at all.
“A good example is the PIB that had to spent over 10 years in the National Assembly.
“How can this continue?”