Former member of the House of Representatives, Temi Harriman has expressed concern over the desertion of the Niger Delta by multi-national oil companies and lauded the proposal by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to move their headquarters to the region.Harriman in a statement made available to Vanguard said the oil companies had in recent years moved assets away from the region, cutting down on staff and through these bringing lethargy to the economy of the region.
Noting that the move by Senator Omo-Agege was in sync with an earlier directive by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to the companies, she said: “In the Fourth Assembly, a bill I sponsored calling for resource control and the relocation of oil companies to their operational areas was defeated in the House of Representatives by 81 votes to 64 on 9th May, 2001.