By Samuel Oyadongha

YENAGOA—BAYELSA State governor, Mr  Seriake Dickson, has called on the Federal Government to prevail on Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC,  to pay its outstanding debts to the state government.

•Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa

Dickson, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Francis Agbo, made the call at a meeting with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and top officials of the firm.

The governor said the meeting with the Minister was important, because he was in a strategic position to use his goodwill to persuade the multinational oil firm to pay statutory bills and levies, which the company stopped  paying after making an initial payment several years ago.

The meeting, according to the statement, was the enforcement notice for the Gbaraun-Ubie Integrated Oil and Gas facility among others.