Niger Delta leaders are the curse of Niger Delta- a region blessed by God but cursed and turned into a scotched land by her privileged leading lights.
The ongoing probe of Niger Delta Development Commission opened with the incredible story of its immediate past Acting Managing Director, Dr.
He however did not deny lobbying Nwabaoshi for the contracts. Akpabio for now has the last words. Nwabaoshi, along with lawmakers from the Niger Delta states according to him cornered over 60% of NNDC contracts. But there are other more vicious blood-feeding vultures-the successive Niger Delta governors. Diette Spiff was a governor under Gowon at about 25.
And but for the British intelligence, we would never have known how much Alamieseigha the self-styled ‘Governor General of Ijaw” squandered on properties in France, Britain and German Town, Maryland in USA. Niger Delta business elite are unarguably among some of the most accomplished business men in Nigeria. Yet while the Benin – Warri portion of Benin – Port Harcourt road contract awarded in the early 80s to one of their members remained unattended to until the 90s, all they did was to fly their private jets from Lagos to Warri from where they connected their various villages.
All he got for his pains from Babangida, was a jail term for a gift of wristwatch. Dan Etete was a ‘true son of the soil’. Unfortunately even Pa Edwin Clark who has spent all his life serving the Niger Delta people – Mid-West Commissioner of Education Bendel State Commissioner for Finance and Establishment , Gowon’s Federal Commissioner and a Senator , has paid attention more to external enemies than looking inward to see the real curse of Niger Delta.
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