Dutch Parliament Plans Public Hearing On Niger Delta

Dutch Parliament Plans Public Hearing On Niger Delta

The Dutch Parliament has planned a public hearing on the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and Shell Nigeria's operating situation in that region.

A member of the Dutch Parliament, Sharon Gesthuizen said on her arrival in Lagos that the forum will hold on January 26 .

Gesthuizen told newsmen that her visit would enable her get first hand information on the deplorable conditions in the region.

She said that her visit to the country would also afford her the opportunity of meeting oil companies operating in the region, most especially Shell Nigeria Plc.

The Dutch parliamentarian stated that governments of oil producing states of Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Edo, Cross River and Abia would be involved in the public hearing.

According to her, before now the Dutch House of Parliament had received various conflicting reports from different quarters on the situation in the Niger Delta.

She explained that the public hearing, which is the first process in bringing solution to the crises in the area, was not to apportion blame but, to provide a platform for every stakeholder in the region to present its position.

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