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President sends bill on Niger Delta to assembly

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    PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has presented a draft bill in the National Assembly seeking the establishment of a Niger Delta Commission, `The Guardian' newspaper in Lagos reported on Friday.

    The daily quotes Obasanjo's Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Doyin Okupe, as saying that the bill, presented on Wednesday, was in line with a pledge by the president to start acting to redress the developmental problem of the Niger Delta area.

    Okupe said that in letters to the President of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Obasanjo had reiterated his belief that the major cause of the agitation in the Niger Delta area was its neglect in the past and its lack of development.

    He urged parliament to approve the bill soon since the setting up of a commission on the Delta, included in its provisions, would help correct the neglect suffered by the region.

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