BEVERLY HILLS, September 18, (THEWILL) – The Niger Delta Youth Governance Monitoring Group, NDYGMG, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, who it accused of incompetence.
NDYGMG Director of Press Affairs, Emmanuel Justin, in a statement, condemned Usani and his ministry’s shoddy preparations and poor outing at the just-concluded National Council on Niger Delta held in Akure Ondo.
The group further condemned the disharmony between Usani and stakeholders in the Niger Delta, which, they alleged resulted in poor attendance at the meeting.
Justin expressed regret that the ministry opposed participation of youth leaders who were invited to participate in the meeting.
According to him, youths who formed the majority in the Niger Delta, were deliberately excluded from the meeting.
NDYGMG said the council’s inability to form the requisite quorum, to enable it formulate policy direction to drive the ministry was a clear display of incompetence and hence rendered the exercise a nullity and illegal.
The group further slammed Usani over his suggestion that the Niger Delta Masterplan, developed by technocrats, at great cost and commitment over the years, has been jettisoned.
They called on president Buhari to shop for a more competent Niger Delta native, who would pilot the affairs of the ministry.
“No other minister from the region, National Assembly member, representative of international oil company, or governors from the region were present at the Akure council meeting.
“This was a far cry from the inaugural edition which held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in 2013 and which had all relevant stakeholders in attendance.
“NDYGMG therefore calls on president Buhari to rejig his Niger Delta toolbox if the Federal Government is desirous of developing the region,” the statement read.
