Stakeholders of People Democratic Party (PDP) from the South-South Zone have frowned at the continuous unlawful violation of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Act by the use of sole administrator in the management and running of the affairs of the Commission.
They have called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to immediately constitute the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in line with the enabling law.
These were parts of the resolution reached at their meeting in Akwa Ibom State on Monday.
The stakeholders have further demanded that the forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) be made public and implemented fully without further delay.
They expressed commitment to the enthronement of the federalism in all ramifications, both in principle and practice.
The stakeholders also expressed worries on the prevalent state of insecurity across the country and called for more concerted efforts in enhancing the operational capacity of security agencies.
To this end, the zone reiterated its demand for the creation of state police.
The zone said it was in full support of the position of the Southern States Governors’ Forum that the next president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria must come from the south.
The zone commended the PDP governors of the South-South zone for putting the zone in world map as a hub of development through various development projects initiated and inaugurated regularly.
They called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to recognize the enormous contributions of the zone to the nation’s wealth and extend infrastructure projects to the zone as being carried out and implemented in other zones of the country.
The zone said it was concerned about the non-existence of Federal Government Infrastructure projects in the zone despite its huge contributiond to the nation’s economy, and called on the Federal Government to immediately carry out development projects in the zone beginning with the urgent and immediate completion of the East West Road.
The zone commended the Government of Akwa Ibom State under the leadership of Governor Emmanuel Udom for hosting the summit and making it a memorable event.
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