Boma Ebiakpo, National Chairman of Niger Delta Peoples’ Forum, warns that the Niger Delta region is on the verge of being engulfed in major crises instigated by the refusal of Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to inaugurate the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission
The recent demand by the Ijaw Youth Council for the inauguration of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to run the agency in line with the NDDC Act is in order and we support it fully.
Other Stakeholders including the South-south governors, traditional rulers and youth groups have been requesting for a Governing Board to be immediately inaugurated for the NDDC in line with the NDDC Act without any further delay.
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NDDC: Buhari should inaugurate board to douse tension in Niger Delta – Group
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President Muhammadu Buhari should listen to the voice of reason from all well-meaning Niger Deltans, and the elected governors of the region, the true representatives of the people, and inaugurate the Senate confirmed Board of NDDC, which Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs had promised will be inaugurated on April 1, 2021.
Beyond the well-stated and established case of the illegality of interim managements, not known to the law establishing NDDC, but which have been superintending over the affairs of the Commission since November 2019, there is also the urgent need to douse the rising tension in the region which has reached fever pitch.
The Niger Delta Peoples’ Forum is shocked at the puerile attempt to turn truth on his head, in an incoherent statement of fallacies credited to the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, published in Vanguard newspaper of December 18, 2020, captioned “Akpabio justifies appointment of sole administrator for NDDC.”
In unwinding and contradictory statements Akpabio falsely averred that “the appointment of a sole administrator for the NDDC today cannot be regarded as illegality” because according to him, it is based on precedence. Nothing can be further from the truth.
In the statement as reported by Vanguard, Akpabio stated that “even the first executive director of finance and administration acted as sole administrator of NDDC at various times, we have also had a sole administrator from Rivers State in the person of Semenitari, we have also had one from Cross River State, as well as Mrs. Enyia from Bayelsa while awaiting the confirmation of
Appointment of NDDC interim sole administrator is illegal, group tells Akpabio
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The Niger Delta Peoples’ Forum, Saturday faulted the stand of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, where he justified the appointment of a sole administrator for NDDC.
In a statement sent to Vanguard, Chief Boma Ebiakpo, National Chairman of the group condemned Akpabio’s position, describing as illegal the appointment of Effiong Akwa as the interim sole administrator of NDDC.
The group however, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the appointment and put in place a substantive Board for NDDC as required by the NDDC Act.
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