“As a coalition, we believe that the continuous stay of the interim management committee will deepen the level of animosity among member states because some states have been marginalised and deprived of their legitimate right to occupy certain positions...
A coalition of no fewer than 16 Niger Delta groups have written a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the Interim Management Committee continued to stay in office at the Niger Delta Development Commission .
The statement jointly signed by its conveners, Pureh Kalango , Secretary, Abiye Achepaka and Saint Mienpamo Onitsha , noted that the NDDC Act 2000, as amended, did not make provision for an interim management committee. On his part, Pureh Kalango, restated the fact that Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, was aware of the crisis the IMC was causing in the NDDC and among the Niger Delta people.
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