A federal lawmaker, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, representing Enugu North on Tuesday appealed to the Senate to mandate Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, to recognize Enugu State as an oil-producing state.
Speaking under Order 43 on the floor of the Senate chamber, Senator Utazi lamented that the course had been consistently pursued by the government of Kogi, Anambra, and Enugu from the 8th National Assembly up to the 9th Assembly, wondering the justification of recognising Kogi and Anambra without Enugu State inclusive.
The Enugu lawmaker noted that the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, once briefed the Senate Committee on the development at their prompting, while he expressed shock that Enugu State wasn’t captured by the RMAFC. He called for the same status to be accorded to Enugu.
Utazi told the Senate to look into the matter to find a permanent solution to the lingering issues
so Enugu State can join its counterpart of Kogi and Anambra to enjoy the 13% derivation entitlement.