The trustees also described as a misnomer the equation of a state as the political unit of the Nigerian federation that is entitled to the 13 per cent derivation.
Nothing can be further from the facts.
Such misinterpretation of the constitutional provision of the derivation principle, merely transfers the burden of neglect of the oil and gas producing areas from the federal authorities to the state authorities. In other words, the deprivation of the oil and gas producing areas that was previously orchestrated by the Federal Government would now be orchestrated by state governments.