How Emi L'okan agitation disrupts the mandate of NDDC and Devt

THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was established has offer sustainable solutions has THE socioeconomic difficulties of THE oil produce States. But direction of THE several billion Naira Commission has has been Also busy with tribal feelings has remember It is heart discounts, GODWIN IJEDIOGOR writes.

Renewed controversial And hustle on THE recent appointment In THE Advice And management of THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), by President Bolas Tinubu, on which State THE chief executive of THE Commission should come Since, East A Also a lot.

Following THE costs appointment of Doctor Samuel Ogbuku as manager director of THE interventionist agency, which East always subject has confirmation of THE Senate, THE Itsekiri In Delta State And Ilaje/Ese-Odo, In Ondo State WHO claims he was their turn (codename: emi okan) has to occupy THE position, to have exhorted THE President has goodbye THE appointment And select their son daughter has THE desk. Nevertheless, a few stakeholders In THE rich in oil region applauded THE President For THE caliber of people appointed In THE NDDC Advice. A letter has THE President, sign by the Egogo (announcer) of Warri Kingdom, Chief Robinson Ariyo, declared that THE appointment of A Itsekiri would be to set down has rest, their alleged throughout the age marginalization And deletion on problems of appointment In THE commissions Advice. Ariyo recalled that When Chief Godwin Omène, Pastor Power Aginikhan And Chief Emmanuelle Ogidis could not complete their miscellaneous mandates, they were replaced by people Since their ethnic nationalities, but When their son, Mr. Tuoyo Omatsuli, could not complete her mandate, he was replaced by A named person Since another ethnic band, Thus airdrop THE arrangement. He declared that A Urhobo, Senator Emmanuelle Aguariavwodo, replaced Omène as MARYLAND; M Lambert Komboyé, replaced by companion Ijaw, Aginighan, as executive director, Finance And Administration; while M Emmanuelle Ogba, A Isoko, replaced Ogidis as THE Delta State representative on THE Advice. He explain that When THE Itsekiri took their demonstration SO has THE Federal High Court In Abuja, THE matter was, However, resolved out of court with THE understanding that THE imbalance would be be corrected Next, but that was ignored, as people named by THE State And THE manager director has THE new Advice were do Since ethnic groups that had taken their turns several times In THE commission. THE South-South Elders Progressive Forum, last year, accused THE SO Minister of Justice, M Abubakar Malami (SAN), of tracing has service Edo on Bayelsa State And deceive President Muhammadu Buhari In appointment In THE the agency Advice by misinterpretation THE provisions of Section 12 (1) of THE NDDC Act 2000 as he to be related to has THE manager director. In A statement title, 'NDDC: Don't do it together Niger Delta on fire,' And sign by It is President, Dr. Promise Okpolo, And Coordinator, Community Reports, Chief Anderson Etiewo, THE Forum argued that THE Act did not consider A temp worker management, add: "When Omène was deleted mid-term In 2003, he was replaced by Agwariavwodo, Also Since Delta State, WHO later resigned And Alaibe was pupil Since EDFA has complete THE mandate. "Again, When on September 14, 2011, Chibuzor Ugwoha, A native of Rivers State, was deleted as manager director, he was replaced with Mr. Christian Oh, WHO greet Since THE even community. "In 2013, When M Bassey Dan Abia Since Akwa Ibom State was sacked Before THE END of her four years mandate, he was replaced In 2015 with Mrs. Ibim Semenitarians In acting ability by Buhari until M Isima Ekere, Also Since Akwa Ibom State, was appointed on November 1, 2016 has complete Bias mandate And got out desk has THE END of 2018, which was END of A substantial And legally constituted advice For THE NDDC. "He East relevant has note with accent that Neither Teacher. Nelson Brambaifa, WHO was appointed acting manager director In January 2019, neither Teacher. Kemebradikumo Pondei, Also appointed acting manager director on FEBRUARY 20, 2020 has head A Temp worker Management Committee (BMI) For A legal Audit of THE commission were appointed substantial manager directors In A correctly And duly constituted advice In compliance with THE provisions of THE NDDC Act." He note that Pondei was THE fifth acting manager director In A period of A year, insistent Brambaifa And Pondei, both Since Bayelsa State, were Never appointed In A statutorily constituted substantial Advice, while Delta, Rivers And Akwa Ibom States, had has less two native each appointed as substantial manager directors on A duly constituted advice. He regretted that Bayelsan had has been appointed as A substantial manager director In A new Advice Or has complete A complete mandate After THE two years period Alaibe was upgraded has fill In THE gap following Agwariavwodo exit. ...