Oil communities berate sacked NDDC board members

The Communities Development Committee, CDC, of Oil and Gas Producing Communities in Niger –Delta, has reprimanded members of the dissolved board of the Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for dragging  President Muhammadu Buhari to court over the dissolution of the board.

Chairman, Board of Trustees, BOT, of the CDCs, Prince Maikpobi Okareme, in a statement, said, “We (oil producing communities) are totally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari and frown seriously at the dissolved board members’ court action.”

He, however, advised: “Mr. President should consult with all relevant stakeholders while constituting the new board to reflect wishes    of the oil producing communities who are custodians of the oil environment because he who wears the shoes knows where it pinches the most.”

Okareme recalled that in a communique, July 2, the CDC drew the attention of President Buhari to the unfair appointment of board members without compliance with the law, especially the appointment of the former NDDC board chair, who is not from an oil producing community.

He said it was such anomaly and other inconsistencies that made the CDC to call for the dissolution of the commission’s board and suggested that the new board should reflect the needs of the oil producing communities,  as enshrined in the NDDC law. [Vanguardngr.com]