Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha on Tuesday caused a fresh controversy at the ongoing National Conference when he gave a strict condition for a 100 per cent resource control. He also kicked against autonomy for ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, saying it would give room for many demands. In a silence reference to the people of the Niger-Delta who have been clamouring for resource control, Lamido said they should be ready to lose their lands in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.In his words: “Mr. Chairman, I have observed that some people have started jumping the gun by commenting on issues like resource control, resource ownership and many other agitations. In this case, let me also jump the gun to say that states which don’t have oil should allow the stateswhich have oil to take a 100 percent oil revenue and states which don’t have oil should take land resource.“That means ownership of land should revert to those states and anybody who wants to use the land or the structures in the land must pay rent to those states or the traditional owners of the land, for example, the FCT.
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