Youths from the oil bearing communities of Ohaji/Egbema in Imo State on Monday, held a peaceful protest during which they shut down the operational office of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, IgbereTV reports.

The protesting youths stormed the office located along Owerri/Port Harcourt Express Road, locked and blocked the main entrance gate into the commission with a decorated coffin.

The youths chanted songs and carried placards with inscriptions “we need our right in NDDC”, “return our diverted NDDC projects”, “we say no to NDDC Marginalisation”, “enough of these Marginalisation”, “Avu Etekwuru road is a death trap”.

Addressing journalists during the protest, the National President of Ohaji Youths, Comrade Ugorji Emmanuel, condemned the recent employment conducted by the Commission without capturing people from the oil rich communities of Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta LGA.

According to him, out of the 800 jobs, 80 slots were given to Imo State and non was allotted to the people of the oil-producing communities.

The youth expressed dissatisfaction over absence of electricity, good roads and other social amenities, adding that Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta are the oil producing areas in the state yet there is nothing to show it.

They complained about the continued disregard of the communities by the Commission which has necessitated in the continued abandonment of a number of projects in their area.

The protesting youths demanded that the projects in their oil bearing communities should be henceforth be awarded to their zone while they questioned the reasons for not capturing the youth in their communities in the recent 800 projects awared.

While demanding for immediate diversion of projects to Ohaji/Egbema and employment of youths from oil communities of Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta in Imo State, they insisted in remaining in the commission’s gate until their demands were answered .

The Ohaji/Egbema youths threatened to resort to shut down all oil installations in their localities if nothing was done immediately to address their demands.

Also speaking, the Egbema Youths President, Okenya Thedeaus Mario said that since his childhood till date, he had never seen any NDDC projects completed in his area.

He said that they had decided to come and register their position to the Commission for their action, adding that if nothing was done in that regard to addressing it, the youths would be left with no option other than to do it their best way.

Emele Casmir Anayo wrote on Facebook;

"We the Ohaji Egbema youths on a peaceful protest at NDDC office in owerri"

https://www.facebook.com/100012851746683/posts/1227630024342044/?app=fbl

https://igberetvnews.com/1394189/imo-youths-protest-barricade-nddc-office-coffin-photos/

Munzy14, 99thenemy, and Kriss216,

I will be coming to Owerri soon, and I know you guys are already planning to offer me some fresh "Chidinma's" as a welcoming package, but please I also need some personal securities for the fear of the Unknown.....



Thank you and God bless you.

Niger delta people sef...

One week one trouble....

We the Niger delta people wey no get oil .. wey those Benin urhobo and their Yoruba people

So igbo land Dey una niger delta

Very funny humans

WHERE IS RISSIMENKY ABI WETIN DEM DEY CALL AM

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO WE NIGER-DELTANS NOW


WE NIGER-DELTANS WE NEED YOU HERE TO TELL US HOW IMO AND ABIA STATES TAKE ATTACH THEMSELVES TO WE NIGER-DELTA


ARREWA AKA EKPEITIT

MORTAL KOMBAT GAME GO TALK SAY COME OVER HERE

Asgard73:
Niger delta people sef...

One week one trouble....

We the Niger delta people wey no get oil .. wey those Benin urhobo and their Yoruba people

So igbo land Dey una niger delta

Very funny humans

First of all, Urhobo has oil.

Then secondly, you know within yourself that Imo is not part of Niger Delta. Obasanjo nai turn Niger Delta to oil producing places. If we are to follow the actual meaning of Niger Delta as it has always been before OBJ smuggle Imo and Ondo enter, Imo nor be Niger Delta. Niger Delta means Deltas of the Niger River. What is the link between River Niger and Imo, not to talk of Delta(s)
Mumu.

A river(Niger) delta is a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or (more rarely) another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment.

If they know wat dis leaders do with their money dey will do more protest Dan ds

Buhari is the problem of this country

Hmmm

Noted

Your state was given 80 slots and una still dey complain.

These people and their feeling of entitlement is something else.
Go and husstle and forget all this protest whatever. Lazy people

Lazy youths

Deep Quote
Citizens suffer when there is a bad leadership in position of power.

Such has been the case in Nigeria and even worse off with the present clueless incompetent terrorists infested administration.

@Seniorwriter

Wahala

atorioke:


First of all, Urhobo has oil.

Then secondly, you know within yourself that Imo is not part of Niger Delta. Obasanjo nai turn Niger Delta to oil producing places. If we are to follow the actual meaning of Niger Delta as it has always been before OBJ smuggle Imo and Ondo enter, Imo nor be Niger Delta. Niger Delta means Deltas of the Niger River. What is the link between River Niger and Imo, not to talk of Delta(s)
Mumu.

All these useless cappings just to prove a useless point that imo is not part of Niger Delta.. you dey ment!
Point of correction,Only Ondo was smuggled...

What a reasonable & selfless protest!

I commend you all. Please don't join the violent sect.

Everything under buhari has issue

This is serious.

I love the movement, but in case of next time they should pass information to anyone who z interested to join the race to come out,I have been waiting for a day like yesterday to join so that I will go there and remind nddc that they're still owing my brother n his group since 2010 that they went for pipeline welding training under nddc, since after their training,no empoerment of any kind as specified in the our training guideline, they refused to give them their certificate after training,so I would love us to repeat the movement before then Me nd My brother will organise his group members ohaji-egbema social club owerri west Branch to Join the protest

StrongandMighty:

Point of correction,Only Ondo was smuggled please.

So Imo was not smuggled in abi?

naija for show