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UNDEDSS cautions NASS over interference on NDDC set-up – The Sun Nigeria

 

Daniel Kanu

Civil society coalition within the Niger-Delta area, United Niger Delta Power Growth Safety Technique (UNDEDSS) has accused the Nationwide Meeting of intentionally irritating the laudable growth agenda of the Niger Delta Growth Fee (NDDC).

The group stated the lawmakers had been unjustifiably interfering with the NDDC actions, thus depriving the area of sure advantages.

In a media briefing following an emergency Webinar Assembly of UNDEDSS anchored within the creeks of the Niger Delta yesterday, UNDEDSS indicted NASS of unnecessary intrusiveness within the area, with a self-serving motive on the NDDC actions.

“Allow us to remind the NASS that UNDEDSS just isn’t an web one-man physique, our capability for motion shouldn’t be examined” warned the group in a press release signed by its Secretary-Normal, Comrade Tony I. Uranta.

UNDEDSS assertion famous additional that “NASS Management should cease hoodwinking Nigerians with their revision of historical past. For instance, the Niger Delta Ministry was given supervisory powers over the NDDC in 2016, following talks between UNDEDSS and the FGN (the place the Presidency was ably represented by a staff led by the late Chief of Employees to Mr. President, Mallam Abba Kyari and the previous DG DSS, Mallam Lawal Daura; while Pastor Usani Uguru Usani was Minister of the Niger Delta. It was beneath Usani that the Presidency wrote to position the NDDC beneath the Ministry.

“To lie that the present Minister of the Niger Delta in any means made the President to place the NDDC beneath supervision by the Ministry is as proven above a lie from the pit of hell, that makes an attempt to color Mr. President as being wanting reminiscence. All the brand new Chief of Employees, erudite Professor Ibrahim Gambari must do is test the information, and seek the advice of with Messrs Malami, Usani, and Daura who’re nonetheless very a lot alive”.

In keeping with the assertion “The Nationwide Meeting has, for years, had knees on the throat and chest of the Niger Delta thus choking the area while enabling some members of each chambers to corruptly enrich themselves and impoverish the area for years.

“NASS legislators routinely padded the NDDC funds and compelled NDDC administration to provide juicy contracts to them, even with all events realizing that the contracts won’t ever be executed, though the putative contractors will likely be paid 100 % for the work however is not going to be as much as 15 % accomplished.

“Even the Presidency’s determination to ship palliatives to the area has attracted the hyenas within the NASS. They’ve demanded to ‘share in’ even this compassionate program of Mr. President, or kill it, thus denying our individuals the much-needed palliatives to outlive this Covid19 season”

The UNDEDSS assertion queried that “NASS management and members are very a lot afraid of what is going to be revealed by the Forensic Audit being carried out on the express orders of President Buhari, the explanation they’re hell-bent on scuttling the already-begun audit?”

The assertion revealed additional that “NASS bought Ms. Pleasure Nunieh sacked however have discovered the brand new DG, Professor Pondei equally immune to their overtures meant to maintain siphoning billions of Naira month-to-month on spurious consultancies and non-existent infrastructure contracts.

“If this hostile interference is allowed to impede Buhari’s singular act of decisiveness regarding the Niger Delta, within the face of non-delivery of remediation within the area (not even in Ogoni lands as promised by President Buhari), non-relocation of the Shipbuilding Dry Dock initially slated for the area (which remains to be mendacity idle in Lagos waters!), and many others., the FGN should maintain NASS Management in charge ought to there be unrest within the creeks.

“In fact, UNDEDSS just isn’t saying anybody particular person or administration staff is angelic. What we’re towards is that this try by individuals we all know to be corrupt impoverishing the Niger Delta to derail the very welcome forensic audit and Covid19 palliatives ordered by President Buhari himself.”


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