Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- Former diplomat and National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Ambassador Godknows Igali, has called for increased resource allocation to host communities, proposing that areas producing natural resources should retain 50 per cent of the revenue generated.

Igali made the call during an appearance on the podcast Conversations with Prof. Jideofor Adibe, where he addressed ongoing debates over resource control, fiscal federalism and economic justice in Nigeria.

The veteran administrator emphasised that host communities bear the primary environmental and social burdens of resource extraction, making a more equitable revenue-sharing formula necessary.

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