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From Joe Effiong, Uyo
A socio-cultural organisation, Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality (MOSIEND) as well as other civil society organisations and community based organisations have commended President Bola Tinubu for retaining Samuel Ogbuku, the managing director, and other executive directors of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) even as the board of the commission was recently dissolved.
Addressing a press conference on their behalf in Uyo, Afoegba Goodyear said the dissolution of board of federal parastatals and agencies, which takes place according to tenure limits, change or transition to a new government in power, is not done as a punitive measure.
“For NDDC it was a matter of mixed reactions, when the commission was named among parastatals and agencies dissolved by the Federal Government.
“We are relieved to know that the managing director, the executive director of projects, and the executive director of finance and administration were retained to manage the commission pending the constitution of a new board.
“As stakeholders in the Niger Delta, we recognise the sacrifices and efforts expended by sons and daughters of the region before the last board was constituted. At this time of our lives, the peace and progress of the region matters more to us than the infighting for positions and appointments. We say enough of the fight over the NDDC.
“We appreciate the news of the retention of the managing director and the other aforementioned executive directors. We are gladdened by this kind gesture of the president,” the groups said.
They said the dissolved NDDC board started off on a good note, and thus appealed to the president not only to consider members of the dissolved board for re-appointment but also allow them to operate.
“We find very distasteful naysayers who are condemning the good intentions of Mr. President in retaining the management committee,” they said.
