CONFAB: Let Oil States have 100% Resource Control - Lamido of Adamawa

On Tuesday, the Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha, delivered a shocker to delegates at the ongoing National Conference when he gave a stringent condition for a 100 per cent resource control.

Speaking on the inaugural speech of President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Conference, Dr Mustapha said, "Mr. Chairman, I have observed that some people have started jumping the gun by commenting on issues like resource control, resource ownership and so on. In this case, let me also jump the gun and say that states who don’t have oil should allow states which have oil to take 100 percent revenue.

"And states that don’t have oil should take 100 percent land resource. That means all lands should revert to those states. And anybody who wants to use the land or the structure on the land must pay rent to those states or the traditional owners of the land. For example, the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). As for traditional rulers, I don’t support the idea or opinion to give us any role in the constitution; our roles are conventions like the British constitution and we have been performing them for years and in some places, for more than one thousand years.