Breaking the NDDC yoke
But the region is an eyesore despite the vast wealth it holds in its bosom. Its environment is despoiled, its water polluted and its farms ravaged.
Niger Deltans are eternally at war with the state. Can we really blame them? Which region will keep quiet when it produces the nation’s wealth, yet remains underdeveloped? That was the first conscious effort ever made by any government to deliberately oversee the development of the region. Oil firms, the major beneficiaries of the oil wealth, were brought on board under the agency’s establishment law, to be part of its funding.
The agency turned itself into a Father Christmas, the way it disbursed money meant for the region’s development to its staff, friends, fronts, firms and lawmakers. Whether N40 billion or N81.5 billion, can the NDDC management justify the spending? If it can, it will be money well spent, but if it cannot, the money should be refunded and all those found culpable prosecuted.
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