How to Grant ALTER command to Role

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Hi,
I am trying to add ALTER SEQUENCE TO ROLE DEV_RL but I keep getting
this weird message.
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SQL> CREATE ROLE DEV_RL;

Role created.

SQL> GRANT ALTER SEQUENCE TO DEV_RL;
GRANT ALTER SEQUENCE TO DEV_RL
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00990: missing or invalid privilege
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I am runing oracle 8i(8.1.6) and I have DBA role.

Any Idea !!!

Thanks,



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