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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.
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Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt
Published 13 March 2021
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has cautioned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, against taking on Rivers State.
His comment followed Akpabio’s reaction to the criticism by South-South governors over the way the Federal Government was handling the Niger Delta Development Commission.
The South-South Governors’ Forum led by its Chairman and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, after a recent meeting in Port Harcourt, said they were not happy with the continued running of the NDDC by an interim administrator, as they called for a substantive board to be constituted for the commission.
Okowa at the meeting of the South South Governor’s Forum in Portharcourt, we discussed the ongoing amendment to the #PIB that is being worked on by the National Assembly, and the need to revise the proposed Host Community Trust Fund from 2.5% to 10% of accrued revenue. Photo: TWITTER/IAOkowa•
Canvass 10% equity, escrowing of NDDC funds
•FG promises reconstitution of commission’s board after forensic audit
The South-South Governors’ Forum has sought upward review from 2.5 to 10 per cent as Host Community Trust Fund for oil-bearing communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). x
It also advised President Muhammadu Buhari to safeguard the funds of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in an escrow account pending the constitution of a board for the interventionist agency.