The Ilaje Foremost Group has urged President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter to appoint an Ilaje man as NDDC Managing Director.
In a letter signed by Adehin ThankGod, Group highlighted the reason why President Muhammadu Buhari should appoint the true son of Ilaje as NNDC Managing Director.
Details of the letter
Relying heavily on the Provision of Section 12(1) of the Niger Delta Development Commission Act
(NDDC Act) which states thus:
"There shall be for the commission, a managing director and
two executive directors who shall be indigenes of oil-producing areas stating
with the members of the commission with the highest production quantum of oil
and shall rotate amongst member states in order of production".
The Ilaje Advancement Forum hereby craves the indulgence of
Mr President to kindly appoint an Ilaje man as the Managing Director of the 5th
Board of the NDDC.
The position of the MD of NDDC is not subject to lobbying and as
such no group of person or individual other than the Ilaje people should be
given such privilege as its evidently clear in the Act establishing the commission that the position shall be rotated among the 9 oil-producing state
with Ondo State ranking next as enshrined in the Act.
The rotational appointments on the basis of states oil production
capacity has been complied with since the creation of NDDC and we sincerely
urge that the status quo be maintained and Ilaje be given due privilege as
regards NDDC Managing Director.
Ilaje boast of credible and reliable sons and daughter who possess
the Capacity, Capability and the Technical know-how who are fit and
proper to be appointed as the NDDC Managing Director.
Engr. Godwin Omene (Delta), Emmanuel Agwariavwodo
(Delta), Timi Alaibe ( Bayelsa),
Chibuzor Ugwuocha (Rivers), Chris Oboh (Rivers), Bassey
Dan-Abia ( Akwa-Ibom), Nsima Ekere ( Akwa-Ibom) have all served as
Managing Directors of NDDC from 2001 till date in compliance with the constitutional arrangement, we call on President Buhari to tow the same line
and appoint and Ondo State citizen from the Ilaje extraction as the New MD.
We verily believe the President we uphold the rule of law and do
the needful by appointing an Ilaje. We are law-abiding citizens of the country
and we will not be forced to carry arms to demand what legitimately and
constitutionally belong to us.
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