Opinion: The Imbalance In NDDC As It Affects Imo and Ondo States, By Eric Teniola
Asking for the chairman or managing director or executive director by Ondo and Imo States in the NDDC is a legitimate demand and the president should consider the request.
In establishing OMPADEC, General Babangida took a cue from Section 159 of the 1963 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. General Babangida should be commended for establishing OMPADEC. From 1966 till 1992, nothing was done by the central government to cater for the plight of the people of the region. Section 159 of the 1963 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria states that, “ There shall be a board for the Niger Delta which shall be styled the Niger Delta Development Board.
When General Abdusalam Abubakar came to power on June 9, 1998, one of the first thing he did was to fire Professor Opia. He then set up a five-man panel headed by the chief of air staff, Air Vice Marshall Nsikak Eduok, to probe the tenure of Professor Opia. On November 11, 1998, General Abdusalam Abubakar appointed the former chief of naval staff, Vice Admiral Dan Preston Omatsola to run the affairs of OMPADEC.
Section 12 of the NDDC Acts states that: “ there shall be for the Commission, a Managing Director, and two Executive Directors who shall be indigenes of oil producing areas starting with the member states of the Commission with the highest production quantum of oil and SHALL ROTATE amongst member states in the order of production.
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