We can’t have a chunk of money generated from our land and taken to the federal government to be shared to states – Governor Diri

Governor of Benue State, Duoye Diri has lamented alleged injustice in federal allocations. He said this has led to the state being broke.

Speaking in an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television program, he noted that these challenges are the reasons for the call for restructuring so all states are allocated what is due to them.

“The question I ask myself is, is it just or fair that what is generated here as income comes back to Bayelsa as federal allocation. Those are the issues I keep talking about because we can’t have a chunk of money generated from our land, taken to the federal government and shared to states and in the end say Bayelsa state is insolvent and that’s why we are talking about restructuring,” the governor said

“That is why the constitution has to be amended. We can’t say a particular land is for the people but what is underneath is for the FG. There is no justice in it,” he said.