A coalition of thirty civil society organisations drawn across the Niger Delta region has called on the federal government, multinational oil companies and development partners to discontinue any form of funding to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as a result of what they described as massive corruption and pervasive culture of looting that is still going on in the Commission.
This was disclosed to stakeholders after an emergency review meeting convened by the leadership of the group drawn from nine Niger delta states in Port Harcourt last night. In a communique exclusively obtained by our correspondent, the group expressed deep disappointment at the level of corruption perpetrated by the Interim Management Committee led by Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei. The group wondered why the IMC has not yet been sacked despite the revelations of high-level squandermania, fraud and mindless diversion of resources meant for the development of the region that has already been uncovered. The group vowed to mobilize stakeholders across the region to continue with planned protests next week until the federal government will be forced to harken to the wishes of the people to sack the IMC.
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