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IYC kicks against appointment of sole administrator for NDDC
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By Samuel Oyadongha
IJAW youths from the states of the Niger Delta have faulted the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a Sole Administrator to oversee the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
The youths said though President Buhari has the prerogative to hire and fire, the decision to sack Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC) without setting up a substantive management board is defective, provocative and lacking in proper advice by aides and advisers of the president.
The youths under the aegis of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, in a statement issued on Monday by its National Spokesman, Comrade Ebilade Erekefe, said the decision to appoint Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as the Interim Administrator of the commission without the appointment of Executive Director Projects (EDP) and Executive Director of Finance and Administration(EDFA) in the commission “is a deliberate act