A former militant leader, Osaanya B. Osaanya, has expressed concern that the ongoing antagonism orchestrated by some faceless individuals against the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has the potential of derailing the development plans of the federal government’s interventionist agency for the South-South region.
Urging those engaging in ethno-political sentiments by prompting a core Ijaw agenda to sheathe their swords and embrace peace for the Ogbuku-led NDDC to effectively implement the core mandate of holistic development of the region, the former agitator warned against escalation should the perpetrators continue in their sponsored blackmail.
Osaanya, a prominent youth leader in the Niger Delta, pointed out that the promoters of the core Ijaw agenda, especially in Bayelsa State, were not happy that Ogbuku, whom they described as not being a core Ijaw from Ogbia LGA, was named by President Bola Tinubu to manage the…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
