Ex-Niger Delta Militants Give Ultimatum to NDDC over Contracts

Former Niger Delta militants have issued a one-week ultimatum to the management of the Niger Development Commission (NDDC) to release the contracts the Federal Government approved for them or face dire consequences.

The erstwhile agitators from the nine NDDC states who were offered amnesty by the Federal Government during the administration of former President Umaru Yar’Adua in a statement by their Spokesman, Mr. Gbene Emer Kagbue stated that they would no longer accept the refusal of NDDC management to release approved contracts to them at the expiration of their ultimatum.

The former warlords in a statement issued in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, and obtained by THISDAY at the weekend urged NDDC to comply with the Federal Government directive on the award of contracts immediately.

The ex-agitators also have an axe to grind with the government intervention agency over some outstanding stipends the commission owes them since 2015.

Thisday, February 11, 2017

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