The fired Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Efiong Akwa, has been urged to account for the money that accrued to the commission while he was in charge by relatives of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike.
The Ikwerre People's Congress (IPC) Worldwide, on behalf of the kinsmen, applauds President Muhammadu Buhari for removing the commission's sole administrator and illegitimate interim management committee following a protracted period of criticism and complaints from stakeholders.
In a statement signed by its chairman, Livingstone Wechie, IPC argued that the NDDC had been operated in violation of the law authorising it and that the federal government had improperly justified the one-man administration of the defunct Akwa.
The kinsmen said: “We demand that Effiong Akwa should be made to account for all the revenues that accrued to the Commission under his watch including statutory allocations and contributions from the international oil companies.
“It is important to state that this dissolution saved critical NDDC funds including emergency funds from being disbursed by Effiong Akwa in the coming days during the upcoming 2023 general election which he has planned with some known politicians from within and outside the Niger Delta.
“We therefore demand that Effiong Akwa must be declare himself an arc enemy of the Niger Delta people and his likes must not be allowed to hold public office for life anymore.
“We further restate that although the issue of the Constitution of a Substantive Management and Board for the NDDC has been arrogantly emasculated by the President which has made the Commission lose its essence and subjected to a pool off corruption by those who have hijacked the system, the President is demanded without further delays to immediately comply with the NDDC Act to ensure the inauguration of the Substantive Board and Management.”