The national leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, and members of the group have called for the practice true federalism in Nigeria.
The leaders made the call on Thursday during a meeting held at the conference centre of the Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun in Delta State.
An emergency general assembly of PANDEF was convened after the forum reconciled with a factional group identified as the Pan Niger Delta Peoples Congress (PANDEC), to work together as one united forum.
In his address, Mr Clark, a former minister of information, said true federalism where states have the right to fiscal autonomy and control, as well as self-management of resources must be the order of the day in the region.
“We will continue to demand that the country practices true federalism – where states have the right to manage their God-given resources and develop them in accordance with the capacities and capabilities inherent in each state,” he said.
Clark, Niger Delta Leaders Call For True Federalism
