 Now the country director of Action Aid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, has criticized Western banks for funding multinational oil companies in the Niger Delta, causing environmental degradation. He emphasized the need for citizens to take responsibility for the country and hold the government accountable for their actions, as stated in the constitution. Mamedu urged citizens to take action and hold the government accountable for their inactions. What we are advocating for is for citizens to be responsible in managing and running their country. Citizens should take charge of their country and governments should be accountable to the citizens as enshrined in our constitution. That is what we are saying and that is what we are advocating for. Enough of citizens sitting down and not holding their government accountable. We need to hold our government accountable from the local government, from the chancellor to the president. We need to work all of them accountable to make sure we get the country that we desire. I would ask you, is this the country we desire? Everyone here, definitely not. And the only way to do that is for us as citizens to support the government, work with the government and hold them accountable. It will put more pressure. At a roundtable or meeting with 80 participants including national assembly, host communities of civil society organizations and traditional leaders, they discussed the importance of GAAP and project in the Niger Delta region urgent the people to prioritize their interests. The people from the other states that the committee on Niger Delta that we are very ready to carry out our oversight function because the essence of oversight, oversight function is to make sure that government developmental policies and programs or projects meant for the people of Niger Delta are implemented to the letter that they are carried to the inclusion. We wanted to avoid our vast situations where government will make provisions and the people will not see what the government have provided for them. Oil theft in Ligabong Chris contributing a lot of climate change because there is no technical way of you know preparing this thing and he's on that he's on a bill for I think he has made him he made a motion already on the need to address gas flaring okay we're also looking for means to convert gas flaring into into electricity because we have to clean up the atmosphere really we're looking at increasing afforestation to restore the uh collaborative life of delta and there are other things on on the pipeline at home it's a different thing entirely wrong I've just seen little things from the drama we have seen in the pictures what we are experiencing at home is different I must tell you I reside in the middle of the American community the picture of those four gas flaring you saw just now that's where I stay I was born there I'm sitting there tomorrow it is really challenging to be there we are living like cops in that particular place hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our youtube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates