Anambra State Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has disassociated itself from the activities of one illegal group called, Host Communities of Nigeria,HOSCON.
The group, whose illegal activities went viral after their office was recently busted and arrests made by the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare for extorting Anambra women of over eight hundred thousand naira, has one Mrs Joy Nneka Igboka, as their leader.
Condemning in its entirety, the illegal existence of HOSCON during a press briefing in his office at the Jerome Udoji State Secretariat complex in Awka, the Commissioner for Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Barrister Anthony Ifeanya recalled a public service announcement by his Ministry in August 2022 where inhabitants of the State were strongly warned against extortion or embezzlement from any group.
According to Barrister Ifeanya, the announcement became pertinent when his attention was drawn to the activities of some group of persons operating under the name of Host Communities of Anambra State, who embarked on state wide campaign, registering communities and Local Government Areas in the state into committees and sub- committees for the purposes of collection and or payment of three percent of money from oil companies or as thirteen percent derivation fund to the state.
Quoting the Petroleum Industry Act, Commissioner Ifeanya made it clear in the announcement that host communities are those towns in whose land oil companies are operating their businesses and not Anambra State as a whole, hence the Ministry is not aware of the said collection of money and registration of names across the State.
Recalling his encounter with the suspect one Mrs Joy Igboka, during her visit to his office in company of some of their stakeholders and alleged Executive national Chairman, Barrister Ifeanya, who expressed joy that nemesis has cut up with them while defrauding Anambra Women in the name of getting them employed as cooks in the school feeding programme.
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