A call has gone to the federal government to re-appraise the nationality question in Nigeria especially as it relates to the Niger Delta ethnic compositions.

The call was contained in a paper “Commodification of Violence in the Niger Delta” delivered  by Dr. Sofiri Peterside  at a two-day seminar Organized by Social Action on the 20th and 21st of August 2010 in Port Harcourt Rivers State.

The Nigerian National Assembly should reject fresh request from President Goodluck Jonathan for approval of a new $4.427billion foreign loan. Approval of such a loan would be tantamount to encouraging financial recklessness, corruption and a return to unsustainable debt burden, Social Action said.

Following Moves to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill PIB presently before the National Assembly, Stakeholders and Oil bearing communities, Civil Society and Environmental activists have raised an alarm that the bill if passed in its present form will aggravate rather than solve the myriad of Social economic as well as environmental problems arising from oil exploitation in the Niger Delta area in Particular and Nigeria in General.

For Nigeria to effectively solve its power problems, it must evolve more pragmatic means of exploiting and developing its natural energy resources. These include gas, solar and hydro resources.View more pictures

Project officer of SOCIAL ACTION a Non-governmental Organization, Ms Vivian Bellonwu made the assertion in a paper presentation on SUNGAS at the second International Power Roundtable/Exhibition in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

As part of its Political Education Programme, Social Action recently held Public lectures in the University of Port Harcourt and the Rivers State University of Education. The public lectures which were in commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the slaying of academic and Pan Africanist, Walter Rodney, had as key speaker, . Other participants included Prof. Henry Bellgam, Prof. Willy Okowa, Prof. Mark Anikpo, Academic Staff Union of Universities Chapter Chairman, Dr. Kinika Anele, Ayo Ajayeoba ---- of Oxfam Nigeria, Baba Aye of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chris Akani of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, and a host of others.