In July 2016, the Federal Government announced the appointment of Mr. Nsima Udo Ekere, 51, to the position of Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

10 months after, the NDDC man is yet to officially visit his home state of Akwa Ibom. Investigations have revealed why he cannot and may not visit Akwa Ibom State.

1. Ekere was disgracefully thrown out of office as deputy governor. He contested the 2015 PDP governorship primaries and lost. He has refused to let go his grudges with those he feels were his political enemies.

2. Ekere is avoiding any face to face meeting with Governor Udom Emmanuel. He refused to congratulate the Governor after the elections and is still bitter.

3. Ekere is ashamed because the forum of Governorship candidates he formed, G22 to oppose Udom Emmanuel's candidacy had since met the Governor without him and pledged to work with the gentleman.

4. Ekere is the only APC appointee at the Federal level who does not speak with the state Governor. Senator Udo Udoma, Obong Umana Umana, Engr Ben Ukpong, Chief Ita Awak, Senator Ita Enang and others have paid courtesy calls on Governor Emmanuel and are working closely with the state to attract dividends.

5. Ekere does not know which faction of the APC exco in the state to align with since he does not control any of them. The Umana block and the Udoedeghe block cannot trust him. For that reason, he avoids the state.

6. Ekere does not know how to face Governor Udom Emmanuel. At such meeting, he is expected to praise the Governor for his current strides. Ekere does not want to do that as that would be indicting on his own part and maybe quoted once he begins to campaign for the 2019 governorship.

7. Nsima Ekere is the only appointee who boycotted the Acting President's visit to Akwa Ibom State few weeks back to avoid Governor Udom Emmanuel being acknowledged in his presence.

8. Ekere is also ashamed that he erroneously included roads constructed by the state government in the NDDC list of completed roads. He is yet to find reasons to explain why he did that and since he is a proud person, he won't accept that it was a mistake.

9. Ekere is also scared of being accommodated at the state government guest house since lost his Uyo residence to AMCON. Recently, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Uyo division ordered the interim possession of Ekere's house at Plot 1, 52 Lagos Street in Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo.

Ekere was accused of collecting a loan of about N27 million from the defunct Oceanic Bank, which has since been taken over by Ecobank Plc but refused to pay back the loan, despite all entreaties made to him by the defunct Oceanic Bank and the present Ecobank. Because of the banks inability to recover the loan from Ekere, Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), the receiver company, had no other choice than to drag Ekere to court to recover the money. Ekere is presently homeless in Uyo and had since relocated his family.

10. Ekere is afraid of a cold reception from the people of the state. Commercial motorcyclists, now Keke drivers say he is the one who threw them out of business when he was the deputy governor. Nsima was just acting Governor for one week when he took that action.

11. Most of the APC supporters he issued contract papers are running out of patience and information has it that Ekere cannot mobilize all the contractors due to lack of funds. The gentleman does not know how to face them.

12. Nsima Ekere is owing newspaper publishers in the state to the tune of 100 million naira. Nsima Ekere is yet to pay for the advertorials he placed during his governorship campaigns. The publishers are set for a showdown as Ekere has made it clear that he won't pay.

Can Nsima Ekere surmount these challenges, put the devil to shame, brave the odds and officially visit Akwa Ibom state so that there would be synergy between the Akwa Ibom State Government and the NDDC?

TIME WILL TELL

Source: Truth Network (TN)

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OP this post sound like you are in the opposition...even if he was shamed he has gotten federal appointment now and those people you mentioned are still going behind your back to go ask for contracts and he's using them to plan 2019 election as governor under APC,hope you know this...*copied o*