Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ukwa East/Ukwa West federal constituency have hailed the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to recompose the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The President had, in a press release signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina last week, approved that the Board of the NDDC be recomposed and inaugurated after the forensic audit of the organisation. He also directed that the Interim Management Team (IMT) of the NDDC shall be in place till the forensic exercise is completed and that the Commission shall remain under the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs.
The leaders, who spoke to our correspondent, commended President Buhari for revisiting the critical issues surrounding the composition of the NDDC board, particularly the nomination of a person who was involved in various anti-party activities to represent Abia State on the board of the Commission.
They said for the NDDC to live up to its mission, nomination of members into its board should have the input and recommendations of APC leaders from the oil producing areas, noting that the recent report by the IMT showed that only twenty percent of the projects awarded by the commission recently went to the oil producing areas of the state.
The House of Assembly candidate for Ukwa West of Abia State on the platform of the APC in the 2019 general elections, Mr Daberechukwu Ihenko, described the decision of the Presidency to recompose the NDDC board as a balm that would heal the wounds inflicted on the party.
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