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Itsekiri leaders kick over NDDC board appointment, demand EDP slot
The leaders of Itsekiri ethnic nationality in Delta state have rejected the recent appointments into the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as was recently announced by the Federal Government.
The oil-rich ethnic group is furious over the non-appointment of their kinsman inthe position of Executive Director, Project of NDDC, to complete the tenure of one of their own who was sacked along with the last dissolved board in December 2015.
The Itsekiri leaders, who are members of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, particularly flayed the role played by some members of the party in the appointments.
The petition, a copy of which was obtained by our reporter, was signed by Messrs Robinson Ariyo, Felix Ighonmieyetan and David Omadeli, APC candidates in the Warri South Constituency I and Warri North in the 2015 election and Leader, APC Warri South-west respectively.
The Nation, July 26
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