Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Board and current management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) due to various accusations and counter-accusations of corruption within the Commission.
Frank said these counter allegations and infighting between the management team and the Chairman of the Board of NDDC has once again opened up the ugly chapter of the past, where the infighting ends up derailing the overall performances of the Commission thereby short-changing the people of the Niger Delta, yet enriching some with personal gains.
In a statement released to newsmen Monday in Abuja, the Bayelsa-born political activist also called on the anti-corruption agencies to quickly intervene and launch a probe into some of the revelations of corruption allegations made by the Board against the Commission’s Managing Director.
According to Frank, the inability to properly defend the 2021, 2022 & 2023 budgets in unison at the Senate is a clear testament to the fact that the board lacks the basic prerequisites to oversee the affairs of the NDDC.
He said the people of Niger Delta had hoped that the new board would grow to become the hope and fresh air to the region, “bu we are confronted with the same dilemma of corruption allegations and counter-accusations by those responsible for managing the resources of the people.
“It is clear from the foregoing that the inability to work in unison for the overall good of the people will render the activities of the Commission in the country useless."
