Top leaders of the Niger Delta
Region have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Deltans as the next Chairman
and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
This was contained in a letter to
Buhari on Wednesday, a copy of which was made available.The letter was entitled: ‘Letter
establishing the fact on which state should produce the next Chairman and
Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.’
In the letter signed by the
Convener, Enlightened Delta Forum, Bestman Odibo and Publicity Secretary,
Christopher Orushani, the leaders urged President Buhari to consider fairness
and justice in constituting the next board of the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC).
The leaders said the letter was
not to create controversy but to forestall such or any controversy due to the
peculiarity of the circumstance created by the Law or Act.
The leaders said it was the turn
of Deltans to be appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of the
intervention agency.
“Mr. President, Nations are built
when existing laws are implemented in its entirety.
“As you apply the Law and zero on
Delta State for the appointment of the Chairman and Managing Director, we plead
with you to pick men or women who would further your Next Agenda, serve the
interest of the country and the aspirations of the Niger Delta people.
“The ranking of the highest
producing states is not in doubt and the state whose turn it is to be appointed
the Managing Director of the next board for which Delta State comes top on all
fronts and consideration knowing that Bayelsa State, Rivers State, and
Akwa-Ibom State have completed their terms in successive ranking order.
“Your Excellency, your stance on
the Rule of Law and love for fairness and justice no matter the opinion of a
few dissenting voices necessitated this letter of great importance from the
people of Delta State and the Niger Delta at large.
“We were never in doubt as to
where the pendulum would swing to, having seen the sincerity of your
administration in fixing the problems inherited by your Government.
“For the first time, Your
Excellency, a peculiar but interesting and lawful scenario backed by the act
establishing the NDDC Board on the next Chairman of the board which is rotated
amongst member states in alphabetic order as stated in the Act establishing the
board and also the Managing Director (MD) position which is appointed and
rotated based on the “highest” quantum of oil produced amongst the states
emanating from one state. In applying the law that supports quantum as the
basis for succession, Delta State falls next in line after Akwa – Ibom’.
They stressed that the scenario
would not start and end with Delta State as the first beneficiary of this
unique position of the Law but that other states would experience same in
future rotation.
“Your Excellency, we are glad to
point to you the convergence of the positions of the Chairman and the Managing
Director to Delta State though the first of its kind but a true reflection of
the position of the Act establishing the Board of the NDDC,” the leaders added.
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