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A conjugation of Civil Society Organisations, Youth groups, Academia and Activists successful Akwa Ibom State person petitioned the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, seeking afloat disclosure of state flare penalties assessed successful the authorities from 2021 to date.
The conjugation nether the Akwa Ibom Extractive Justice Alliance, AKEJA, besides called for the reversal of the Presidential Executive Order 9, of February 2026, wherever state flare punishment remittances were redirected to the Federation Account from the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, MDGIF.
These were among the six prayers of AKEJA successful the petition submitted to NUPRC office, Eket during a peaceful objection held nether the Strategic Partnership Agreement 11 of Clement Isong Foundation (CIF) successful collaboration with Actionaid Nigeria.
The Executive Director of ClF, Elkana Oluyori said the enactment formed portion of a broader planetary mobilisation against fossil substance contamination and successful enactment of biology justness for big communities affected by state flaring.
Other demands made by the conjugation were: nationalist merchandise of state flare elimination plans for each operating companies, a advancement study connected each state seizure licences issued successful the State, afloat HCDT complianc...
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