A former president of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, Ledum Mitee, and an environmental rights activist, Ann-Kio Briggs have advised the people of the Niger Delta region to expect nothing new from the newly inaugurated board of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
They described the pledge by the new board Chairman, Lauretta Onochie, to turn the NDDC around for good as the same old story from politicians who saw the agency as a cash cow.
She also assured that the new board would reposition the NDDC, serve the people of the region and do things differently. “We are expecting nothing. For me, it is just the same thing – job of the boys. What can the board do now? Why did the government for many years run the board against the law by having interim management and even at some time, a sole administrator?
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