President Muhammadu Buhari had announced the sack of Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the NDDC.
In a statement, NAPPDRR President, Al-Mustpaha Emem Edoho, and Secretary, Aniekan Willie Akpan, said in sacking the Pondei team “the presidency had clearly stated that it took the decision because of the ‘plethora of litigations and a restraining order issued recently against the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC by a Federal High Court in Abuja’ and to avoid a vacuum while reconstituting the board.
“The implication is that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, had no hand in the decision to sack the IMC or in the appointment of Mr. Effiong Akwa as the sole administrator of the commission.”
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NDDC: Group faults ex-militants, Reps minority caucus on sole administrator
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja
The Network Advancement Programme for Poverty and Disaster Risks Reduction, on Wednesday, faulted the position of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers and Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives on the recent appointment of sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had on Saturday sacked the Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the commission and named the acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Effiong Akwa, as the sole administrator.
The RNDA, however, faulted the appointment of Akwa who it described as a brother to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, saying the appointment would be provocative and could trigger a new round of violence in the creeks.
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