{"id":88195,"date":"2021-11-08T07:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T06:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88195"},"modified":"2021-11-08T07:01:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T06:01:25","slug":"ijaw-youths-kick-over-plan-to-scrap-nddc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ijaw-youths-kick-over-plan-to-scrap-nddc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ijaw Youths Kick Over Plan To Scrap NDDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m18038\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has kicked against an alleged plot to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), describing the plot as \u201ca conspiracy of a select few within the corridors of power.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nIYC president, Deacon Peter Timothy Igbifa, in a statement in Port Harcourt, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to know that those behind the plot were enemies of the Niger Delta, who were determined to set our region on the path of violence to further deepen the scourge of insecurity plaguing the country.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads in part\u201dThe Presidency and the Federal Government should distance themselves from any suggestion or advice\u00a0 by any group of persons or individuals to either scrap the NDDC or merge it with any ministry because considering such a sinister idea will nail the fragile peace we currently enjoy in the region to the coffin of avoidable violent conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari should know that some of his close aides, especially some persons he entrusted with the collective interests of our region have abandoned the region to pursue their selfish interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have raped the NDDC so much that they can no longer account for the humongous amount of money that accrued to the Commission in the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; They are, therefore, desperate to cover up their tracks and are capable of coming up with wicked suggestions to bury their malfeasance without recourse to the peace, stability and development of the region.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has kicked against an alleged plot to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), describing the plot as \u201ca conspiracy of a select few within the&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":50271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88195","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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