Review The NDDC Board Appointment Now, Delta ljaw Short Changed, Izanzan Camp Blows Hot, Tells President Buhari

Review The NDDC Board Appointment Now, Delta ljaw Short Changed, Izanzan Camp Blows Hot, Tells President Buhari

Francis Tayor

The National leadership of Ijaw Interest Advocates (IIA), IzanzanCamp angrily called on the presidency to review the NDDC Board Appointment after series of critical meeting in the ICCR-Creek.

Following the recent announcement of the board appointment we are bold to state that the place of Ijaws in Delta has been shortchanged deliberately by some political gladiators in Delta state in collaboration with a Bayelsa political gladiator in disguise of protecting Ijaw political agenda.

Also following the open position of the Western Ijaw Consultative Assembly (WICA) over the NDDC Board Appointment, we have no other option than to join our kinsmen to fight for our right.

Records had it that Delta Ijaw has not be entrusted with sensitive office in the Board in recent time. For the past 12 years the offices zone to Delta State has been hijacked and rotated among the Itsekiris and the Urhobos while the Ijaws whose collective sensibilities and blood that resulted to the creation of NDDC has no place.

We are not disregarding the fact that presidency might be ignorant of the formation of NDDC and the origination of the modern day arm struggle thus presidency must do the necessary; review the board to maintain as well as to strengthen the already exiting peace and harmonious co-existence in the region.

Presidency must know that the NDDC was never created on political bases but for the collective interest of the minorities in the south most especially the Ijaws as clearly stated and stipulated in page 95/96 in the Willink Commission report, 1957/1958 before Nigeria's Independence.

Conclusively, we once again call on President Buahri to review board and implore him to be mindful with those Niger Delta leaders he work with day in and day out as we wish les him well in his already running second term administration.