Edwin Clark, the convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), says there was no basis for the scrapping of the Niger Delta ministry.
Jesupemi AreEdwin Clark, the convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum , says there was no basis for the scrapping of the Niger Delta ministry.the Niger Delta development ministry and ministry of sports development during its meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
The elder statesman said the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua created the ministry to bring development to the region and restore peace there.“What I’ve noted so far is that there’s no basis for scrapping it. Yar’Adua had a clear purpose to address the security situation in the Niger Delta, which led to the creation of the ministry focused on developing that area. We have been working for some time now, managing our commissions,” Clark said.
“What I’m saying is that the federal government lacks special arrangements for this. When I saw that every region was establishing its own development centres or commissions, I anticipated these issues would arise.“Are there going to be multiple ministries within one region? One would expect that 30 or 40 people would have walked out to share the details.
“Ultimately, it was settled at 18 percent, but we disagreed, which led to further discussions about a separate fund to support development post-Boko Haram.
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