{"id":73307,"date":"2020-05-08T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=73307"},"modified":"2020-05-08T15:35:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:35:47","slug":"police-assures-nddc-of-adequate-security-warns-trouble-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/police-assures-nddc-of-adequate-security-warns-trouble-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Assures NDDC of Adequate Security, Warns Trouble Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1666132121569413490\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The Rivers State Police Command has assured the Niger Delta Development<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">Commission, NDDC, of providing adequate security to enable it deliver on<br \/>\nits mandate to the people of the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n<p>Giving the assurance yesterday during a courtesy visit at the NDDC<br \/>\nheadquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police,<br \/>\nMr. Joseph Mukan, said that those threatening arson at the Commission<br \/>\nwould be stopped in their tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner, who was received by the NDDC Acting Managing Director,<br \/>\nProf. Kemebradikumo Pondei, the Acting Executive Director, Finance and<br \/>\nAdministration, Chief Ibanga Bassey Etang; the Acting Executive<br \/>\nDirector, Projects, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, warned those plotting evil<br \/>\nagainst the Commission to desist forthwith.<\/p>\n<p>Mukan Said: &#8220;Policing Rivers State will be incomplete without securing<br \/>\nNDDC. I want to assure the Commission that in spite of the threats we<br \/>\nsaw in the media two weeks ago, the intention of the evil ones to burn<br \/>\ndown the Commission&#8217;s headquarters can never succeed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have put machinery in place as directed by the Inspector General of<br \/>\nPolice to ensure that the Commission is secured. The IG has given me the<br \/>\nmarching orders to beef up the security architecture in NDDC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mukan said the police would do everything possible to ensure that the<br \/>\nNDDC was adequately secured to enable it deliver development projects<br \/>\nand programmes for the people of the Niger Delta region, assuring that<br \/>\nthe cooperation that had existed between the Commission and the Police<br \/>\nwould continue and\u00a0 be strengthened.<\/p>\n<p>He stated: &#8220;We will be proactive in tackling the security challenges<br \/>\nfacing the NDDC. We will not wait for any negative thing to happen<br \/>\nbefore we start acting. Our machinery is already on ground and I can<br \/>\nassure you that the evil plans of the enemy to destroy the NDDC will<br \/>\nfail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The IG sees the NDDC as very strategic and will do everything necessary<br \/>\nto ensure that the good services you are giving to the people of the<br \/>\nNiger Delta is not hindered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Responding, Prof Pondei thanked the police commissioner for cooperating<br \/>\nwith the NDDC, noting that the bond between the Commission and the<br \/>\npolice would be further strengthened.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the NDDC was resolute in ensuring that it rendered<br \/>\nquality service to the people of the region in line with its mandate.<\/p>\n<p>He remarked: &#8220;We have a cordial working relationship with the security<br \/>\nagencies, because without security, we will not be able to intervene as<br \/>\nexpected in developing the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The police continues to provide security and other logistic services to<br \/>\nthe Commission. We are very grateful for this cordial relationship and<br \/>\nhope that it will continue and be made stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pondei said that the visit of the Police Commissioner was timely as<br \/>\nthere was a publication recently, threatening arson on the Commission.<br \/>\n&#8220;This is something that we cannot take lightly. We know that it has to<br \/>\ndo with the on-going forensic audit and we are working with the police<br \/>\nto make sure that nothing untoward happens to the NDDC, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pondei said further: &#8220;We trust that the police will work with us to make<br \/>\nsure that the Commission was secured and I believe that working together<br \/>\nwe will be able to deliver the mandate for which the NDDC was set up.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rivers State Police Command has assured the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, of providing adequate security to enable it deliver on its mandate to the people of the Niger&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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