Notable leaders in the South-South geo-political zone on Thursday urged youths and women in the Niger Delta region to treat President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio with respect. The leaders also praised Akpabio for looking after the interests of the Niger Delta people with all diligence. “The firmness and energy of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio, have been admirable.” In a statement in Port Harcourt, the leaders described the views of the Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA) and Wailing Women of Niger Delta (WWND) as contradictory and a direct…
Author: Fidel Njemanze
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Joi Nunieh has ordered the Directorate of Planning, Research and Statistics to treat budgetary implementation requests (Recurrent and Capital from the various Directorates, Departments, Units and State Offices for the year 2020. “The Directorate of Planning, Research and Statistics are hereby directed to treat budgetary implementation requests (Recurrent and Capital from the various Directorates, Departments, Units and State Offices for the year 2020.” The Senate in November 2019 barred the Interim Management of the Commission from defending the agency’s 2020 budget. The Intervention Agency chief executive officer in…
A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Chief Anthony George-Ikoli, on Tuesday put the ultimate responsibility for development of the state on the shoulders of the people. “I don’t pay much mind to political commentators as it is often difficult to differentiate what is objective commentary from what is agenda, but what I believe is that my party is poised for electoral victory as we have very strong connection to the grassroots and a history of winning’’ he said. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) also urged the good people of Bayelsa State to reject the…
…says Bayelsans will not swap PDP for APC A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Anthony George-Ikoli on Friday said he would not quit the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). ‘’I have been in PDP since 1999 and this is the second time I am contesting elections under our party’s flag. If I didn’t leave the party then, I don’t think it would be prudent to do so now. I detest the politics of convenience and cross carpeting although it would seem there are more than enough cogent reasons for many of us to have left but…
Lists Achievements Promises to make Bayelsa the pride of the people and the envy of other states Plans to make FAAC allocation a standby facility A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship hopeful, Barrister Anthony George-Ikoli on Thursday evening stressed the need for gubernatorial aspirants in the state to be judged by their records of performance in public and private sector. George-Ikoli who served as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State told journalists in Yenagoa after a closed door meeting with some notable PDP leaders in the state that he was in touch with every segment of the…
…Says he is the best governorship aspirant in Bayelsa Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Barrister Anthony George-Ikoli on Saturday declared before a crowd of supporters in Bayelsa East Senatorial District that he is the party’s best candidate for the November governorship election. “Zoning is not the official policy of either the party or Bayelsans as at now. Factually, all zones have produced the chief executive of Bayelsa State. No zone has been denied or shortchanged. What Bayelsans want now is the best of the lot. I don’t think the people will deny themselves the services of…
Prominent South-South leaders issued a stark warning Thursday to Ondo and Bayelsa youths, saying enough is enough. The leaders at a meeting in Uyo said Bayelsa and Ondo youths campaigning for the chairman and managing director’s positions of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were trying to deepen the crisis in the Niger Delta Region. “These demands are capable of crippling the progress of the region.” A statement issued at the end of the meeting and signed by the National Chairman of South-South Front, Chief John Harry, the leaders urged the youths to stop insulting the sensitivities of the generality…
….Urge Buhari to appoint Indigenes as NDDC Chairman, Managing Director Niger Delta leaders on Friday vowed to take up the marginalisation issue of Delta State with the highest authority in Nigeria. The leaders said there was no reason whatsoever for Delta State to be so treated compared with Bayelsa, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River in the appointment of Chairman and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). At a meeting in Abuja, the leaders said it was the turn of Delta State to produce the chairman and managing director of the Commission. ‘’The NDDC Act stated that the office…
