Governor Nyesom Wike-led Rivers State Government on Tuesday
warned that no harm must come to former acting Managing Director of the Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joy Nunieh, in the ongoing probe of
the commission.
Nunieh had been engaged in accusations and counter
accusations with the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, who
supervises the NDDC.
But the government in a statement issued by the Commissioner
for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, called on forces behind
the probe to ensure the security of Nunieh.
According to the government, they would never support any
action capable of jeopardizing the laudable intentions of President Muhammadu
Buhari to reposition the commission for optimum performance.
The statement said Rivers State Government had viewed with
concern, the recent developments at the Niger Delta Development Commission
(NDDC) in which the name of her daughter, Dr. Joy Nunieh, the immediate past
Acting Managing Director of the Commission, had been dragged into.
“We hereby call on those involved in the ongoing
investigations in the NDDC to ensure that Dr. Joy Nunieh does not suffer any
harm in the course of their undertakings.
“We wish to state categorically that the Rivers State
Government will never support any action that will prevent or jeopardize the
laudable intentions of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, to
positively reposition the NDDC and fulfill the yearnings and aspirations of the
people of the Niger Delta,” it said.
The statement added that “we wish to state that while we are
not interested in identifying with the present unfolding drama in the NDDC, we
will not however fail to protect our daughter from actual harm or perceived
danger.”
The government said it owed it as a duty to protect her
citizens from danger no matter their political affiliation and that it could
not fold its hands and watch anyone harm her or indeed any Rivers citizen.
“We advise those involved in the present altercations in the
NDDC to thread with caution in their actions and utterances,” it said.
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