The Niger Delta People Liberation Force (NDPLF) has advocated for the return of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC’s) supervision to the presidency.
The group said: “the conduct of Godwill Akpabio so far shows that the NDDC under the super vision of Niger Delta ministry would not be able to achieve its statutory responsibilities”.
Leader and convener of the group, Aaron Akpoyibo, stated this, Sunday in press release in Benin City, the Edo state capital.
The statement also demanded transparency and accountability in the operations of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, with a view to fighting corruption.
Akpoyibo, berated the minister of Niger Delta state affairs, Godswill Akpabio, for what he described as “his overbearing influence in the activities of the NDDC”.
He accused Akpabio of playing God by setting up a three-man NDDC interim management committee led by Mrs Joy Ghene Nuieh “without president Muhammadu Buhari’s approval”.
According to him, “We are compelled to ask: what exactly is Chief Akpabio’s intention in setting up the interim management committee?
“How can an interim management committee be set up when within a week’s time, the Senate would have cleared the board members ready for inauguration?
“The NDPLF completely rejects the interim management set up by Godswill Akpabio because it is not in the interest of the NDDC and the Niger Delta region, more so when the Senate had begun and now screened members of the commission appointed by President Buhari.”
The NDPLF also tasked the minister on prompt completion of the East road, which according to him, had been abandoned after the former minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, exited office.
