Youths from oil-rich Niger Delta have kicked against the appointment of a non-indigene of oil producing communities as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, by the federal government, insisting that the CEO’s seat and other sensitive positions in the commission must be filled by persons from the communities.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The protest came on the heels of an emergency meeting in Warri, Delta State, between representatives of oil producing communities from Edo State, notably Obozogbe-Nugu, Ikobi, Oben and Iguelaba, (OBIKOBIG), Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) and Ijaw youths, as they threaten to shut down oil wells and flowing stations in the region if their warning was not taken seriously by the authorities.