NDDC: IYC hails Buhari for sacking Akwa

By Adeleye Kunle

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for sacking the Interim Administrator, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Efiong Akwa.

The IYC said it was particularly elated that the president ended the era of interim administrations of NDDC, which had crippled the commission and denied all member states equal participation in the activities of the interventionist agency as envisioned by the Act establishing it.

The President of IYC, Peter Timothy Igbifa, in a statement sent to newsmen, on Thursday, said Buhari’s order that the board of the NDDC should be immediately reconstituted in line with the Act was long overdue.

While acknowledging that it was better late than never, Igbifa recalled that the IYC led by him had through various actions bemoaned the draconian leadership style introduced in NDDC by the Buhari’s administration and called for a substantive board.

He said those hanging around Buhari should urgently swing into action to carry out his marching order on the reconstitution of the commission’s board.

He said: “Though we are happy that President Muhammadu Buhari has finally ended the notorious era of interim administrations in the NDDC, we believe it is long overdue. But it is better late than never.