Falana threatens legal action against Buhari on Allocation of Oil Blocs

Human right lawyer, Chief Femi Falana SAN on Wednesday threatened to take legal action against President Muhammadu Buhari if he awards oil blocs to individuals.

Falana also advised Nigerians to challenge their senators to debate on the implication of approval of $29.6 billion being sought for by the president.

Falana stated this while delivering a lecture titled: “Politics In Nigeria, Finding A Balance Between Political Interest And The Demand For Good Governance” at Imeri Convergence 2019 held in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
 
The legal practitioner  pointed out that beneficiaries of oil blocs in the past had shortchanged the system by leasing those oil blocs to foreign companies at huge amount of money because they lacked the capacity to operate them.

He described the sharing of oil blocs as a corrupt way politicians share the wealth among themselves and their associates.

Speaking on the loan, Falana warned that if the Senate should approve the loan, the nation would be plunged into perpetual indebtedness.

He lamented that the nation was currently serving its debt with 50 percent of its annual budget calling on Nigerians to take their destiny in their hands.

Speaking at the event, the  Ondo State Governor, Mr  Oluwarotimi Akeredolu noted that freedom of the citizenry is sacrosanct.

Akeredolu, who was represented by former speaker of the state House of Assembly Hon Victor, Olabintan , enjoined the people to always express their grievances in a way that would not encroach the rights of others.

Senator Bode Olajumoke charged politicians to shun politics of bitterness for the development of the nation.

Chief Sola Ebiseni, who was among the discussants at the event, condemned the lopsidedness in the appointment in the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC), saying Ondo State should produce the next Managing Director of the commission.

He however advised by Falana to drag the Federal Government to court of the matter, saying it’s a breach of the act that established the Commission.

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