SAN FRANCISCO, August 30, (THEWILL) – Governors from the oil producing states in the Niger Delta, South-South Nigeria, have rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees into the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Rising from a meeting on Thursday night in Abuja, the governors expressed concerns over the way and manner the appointments were made, saying it did not reflect effective governance mechanism.
Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting, the governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Seriake Dickson, said aggrieved governors would seek audience with President Buhari with the view to addressing the imbalance in the appointments.
Dickson said their concerns arose from protests being staged by people and stakeholders across the nine member states of the NDDC.
Dickson said, “We are going to meet with President Buhari to discuss the issues”, adding however that they governors would not discuss the specifics until they meet with the President.
Besides Dickson, other governors that attended the meeting were Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo); Godwin Obaseki (Edo); Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); and representatives of two other states.
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