Niger Delta group hails Umana’s appointment, begs Buhari to inaugurate NDDC board

 

A group, The Niger Delta Network has beg President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Obong Umana Umana as Minister of the Niger Delta, and peladinf with the President to constitute a good Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), saying the Commission has overstayed without a substantive Board.

The group also commended the minister for a purpose-driven and result oriented approach to the ministry.

In a statement, OUR POSITION ON NIGER DELTA MINISTRY, NDDC AND OTHER SUNDRY ISSUES and signed by the group’s Director of Public Communications, Doctor John Douglas, knowing that President Muhammadu Buhari actions through his timely intervention has proven beyond doubts that  the president is committed to physical development of the oil-rich region states. 

Statement reads in part;

“The Niger Delta Network (NDW), a foremost socio-political group in Niger Delta region, in the wake of the recent happenings in the region as regards the appointment of Obong Umana Okon Umana as Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, the state of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and other sundry issues, wish to state our position as follows.