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Ohanaeze protests Senate's rejection of Anambra into NDDC, calls it's marginalisation


The youth wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed dismay over Nigerian Senate’s rejection of bill seeking to include Anambra State as one of the member states of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), describing it as part of marginalisation of Igbo.

The Senate had on Tuesday, thrown out the bill, saying that Anambra was not part of the Niger Delta region, which is the reason for the establishment of the interventionist agency.

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio quashed the bill after the lead debate on the bill for an Act to amend the Niger Delta Development (Establishment Etc.) Act N 86 LFN 2004 to include Anambra State as one of the Member States (SB 271) as sponsored by Senator Tony Nwoye, Labour Party Senator representing Anambra North.

According to Akpabio, the NDDC was created to address the environmental degradation in the region following the oil exploration activities in the zone, adding that although Anambra is now among the oil-producing states and is getting 13% derivation from the Federation, it cannot be added to the NDDC against the backdrop that it goes contrary to the purpose for which the agency was established.

But in a reaction , the acting Youth leader of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, described the Senate’s disposition as part of the strategic steps to keep the Southeast region under marginalization.

He argued that if environmental degradation following oil exploration, was the reason for inclusion in the Commission, then Anambra should be included, since parts of the state where the natural deposit is explored will suffer the same environmental impact.

While dismissing the argument that Anambra is not in the Niger Delta region, the Igbo Youth leader maintained that there was no big deal in including Anambra in the NDDC since the state borders most of the states included in the Commission.

He said, “What we are saying is that Anambra has met all the requirements to be included in the NDDC. The 13% derivation which makes the state an oil-producing once has started coming since 2022.

“There is also the proximity between Anambra and NDDC member-states and host communities where the natural resources are deposited will definitely suffer the same impact, from exploration.

“What then is the rationale behind throwing out the Bill, if not to continue the systematic deprivation of the Southeast region?

“The benefits for Anambra if it is included in the NDDC are much and the people are expectant. So, the Senate should endeavour to do the right things.”

Okpalaezeukwu further argued that if the Senate would not grant Anambra’s bid for inclusion in the NDDC, it should expedite action on the establishment of Southeast Development Commission, within the shortest possible time.

According to him, the Commission, if established, will begin efforts at righting a lot of wrongs in the South East.

“We cannot as a country, claim that the marginalization of the Southeast region is not happening. In the entire Southeast, there is no single blue line, No Federal Government Project.

“Till date, the Southeast has only five states, whereas some other regions have as much as seven states. This breeds inequality in the distribution of democratic dividends among the people.

“These are low hanging fruits which the establishment of the Southeast Development Commission will get for South East, before we look at the bigger picture,” he bemoaned.

Okpalaezeukwu reassured people of the zone that no stone would be left unturned in ensuring absolute stability and development of Ala-Igbo.

“Igbo youths are committed to the pursuit of the welfare and wellbeing of the Igbo nation in line with the manifesto of the National Leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide passionately led by Chief Engr Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu OFR, CFR, MFR (Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo),” he said.

Ohanaeze please everything is not marginalization. The senators gave their reasons for turning it down.

Shey there's a proposal for SEDC ...you are not Niger Delta na ...it doesn't stop you from collecting 13% derivation ....The NDDC wasn't created overnight na.

Must they turn everything to ethnic issue? Why can't your Senator listen to the advice of the Senate President to make some consultation, instead he was acting stubborn before the voice note. Now the bill have been rejected you people want to start tribal war.

That Akpabio of a senator must pass that bill other members state of NNDC are they not collecting 13% derivation from federal government this is pure wickedness and marginalisation to Ndi -Igbo generally and it's unacceptable..

AKPABIO IS HIGH ON CRACK COCAINE.


ANAMBRA BORDERS DELTA, RIVERS, BAYELSA, IMO, ABIA AND ALL ARE NDDC.

hammerF:
AKPABIO IS HIGH ON CRACK COCAINE.


ANAMBRA BORDERS DELTA, BAYELSA, IMO, ABIA AND ALL ARE NNDC.

Is Anambra state in niger delta As Anambra boarders kogi so it should be included in North Central zone

Group of unserious fools claiming elders

hammerF:
AKPABIO IS HIGH ON CRACK COCAINE.


ANAMBRA BORDERS DELTA, BAYELSA, IMO, ABIA AND ALL ARE NNDC.

Nonsense analogy, take Cameroon as a case study, it borders Nigeria in West Africa, but actually like Biafra, it is in East Africa, & not a member of ECOWAS.

Cry cry people, they no wan give us nddc ice cream to lick.

Sangoamadioha1:





Is Anambra state in niger delta As Anambra boarders kogi so it should be included in North Central zone

Very funny.

Sangoamadioha1:





Is Anambra state in niger delta As Anambra boarders kogi so it should be included in North Central zone

YES!

I said it before many months ago when this thing started that my state Anambra is not in the Niger Delta

StarRida:
That Akpabio of a senator must pass that bill other members state of NNDC are they not collecting 13% derivation from federal government this is pure wickedness and marginalisation to Ndi -Igbo generally and it's unacceptable..

Including ondo, imo among nndc doesn't make them one.

Nndc is for south south region.

hammerF:
AKPABIO IS HIGH ON CRACK COCAINE.


ANAMBRA BORDERS DELTA, BAYELSA, IMO, ABIA AND ALL ARE NNDC.

Not only nndc,na south south.

Burob:
Nonsense analogy, take Cameroon as a case study, it borders Nigeria in West Africa, but actually like Biafra, it is in East Africa, & not a member of ECOWAS.

Cry cry people, they no wan give us nddc ice cream to lick.

No Igbo state should have been among nndc in the first place.

Everything is marginalization to these people..always whining and crying like babies.

TonyRazor:
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Ohanaeze protests Senate's rejection of Anambra into NDDC, calls it's marginalisation


The youth wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed dismay over Nigerian Senate’s rejection of bill seeking to include Anambra State as one of the member states of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), describing it as part of marginalisation of Igbo.

The Senate had on Tuesday, thrown out the bill, saying that Anambra was not part of the Niger Delta region, which is the reason for the establishment of the interventionist agency.

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio quashed the bill after the lead debate on the bill for an Act to amend the Niger Delta Development (Establishment Etc.) Act N 86 LFN 2004 to include Anambra State as one of the Member States (SB 271) as sponsored by Senator Tony Nwoye, Labour Party Senator representing Anambra North.

According to Akpabio, the NDDC was created to address the environmental degradation in the region following the oil exploration activities in the zone, adding that although Anambra is now among the oil-producing states and is getting 13% derivation from the Federation, it cannot be added to the NDDC against the backdrop that it goes contrary to the purpose for which the agency was established.

Nwoye thinks red mud erosion is caused by oil spillage.

Slytiger:


Nwoye thinks red mud erosion is caused by oil spillage.

Red mud erosion is caused by too much evil and ritualist.

hammerF:
AKPABIO IS HIGH ON CRACK COCAINE.


ANAMBRA BORDERS DELTA, BAYELSA, IMO, ABIA AND ALL ARE NNDC.

If that your senator knew his duty as a senator, he wouldn’t even move that bill beyond his wishful thoughts. What I see is some clown that want to manipulate the emotions of the voters in his constituency, knowing how most of them reason and their mentality of ‘they hate us’.

He’s only using that bill as one of his campaign slogan for the next election because his people will know that he ‘tried to add them to the Niger Delta’.

You see, the reason for all those legislative aids that they hire and get paid by the senate, is mainly to help them do some basic research, which will help them avoid fooling themselves in public like this your senator is doing.

There’s no way Anambra State would be in the Niger Delta. Infact among the sedimentary Basins in Nigeria, one is Anambra Basin which is where Anambra State belongs.

Geologically, Nigeria is covered by about 8 sedimentary basins that includes Benue (central), Sokoto (north-west border), Chad (north-east), Bida (central, along the Niger valley), Dahomey (south- west) and Anambra (south-east) Basins and the Niger delta (south coastal). Each basin has its own peculiar geological characteristics that has been studied over several decades.

The Niger Delta basin is bounded from the Dahomey Basin ( which extends to somewhere around Volta in Ghana) by the Benin hinge line to the west and Anambra basin to the North.

Anambra is in Anambra Basin and not the Niger Delta Basin.

Babangidapikin:
Shey there's a proposal for SEDC ...you are not Niger Delta na ...it doesn't stop you from collecting 13% derivation ....The NDDC wasn't created overnight na.

Onitsha in Anambra sits on the Niger
So who's deceiving who?!

Tranquill:


If that your senator knew his duty as a senator, he wouldn’t even move that bill beyond his wishful thoughts. What I see is some clown that want to manipulate the emotions of the voters in his constituency, knowing how most of them reason and their mentality of ‘they hate us’.

He’s only using that bill as one of his campaign slogan for the next election because his people will know that he ‘tried to add them to the Niger Delta’.

You see, the reason for all those legislative aids that they hire and get paid by the senate, is mainly to help them do some basic research, which will help them avoid fooling themselves in public like this your senator is doing.

There’s no way Anambra State would be in the Niger Delta. Infact among the sedimentary Basins in Nigeria, one is Anambra Basin which is where Anambra State belongs.

Geologically, Nigeria is covered by about 8 sedimentary basins that includes Benue (central), Sokoto (north-west border), Chad (north-east), Bida (central, along the Niger valley), Dahomey (south- west) and Anambra (south-east) Basins and the Niger delta (south coastal). Each basin has its own peculiar geological characteristics that has been studied over several decades.

The Niger Delta basin is bounded from the Dahomey Basin ( which extends to somewhere around Volta in Ghana) by the Benin hinge line to the west and Anambra basin to the North.

Anambra is in Anambra Basin and not the Niger Delta Basin.

Onitsha that's on the Niger is seated where?!

tishbite43:

Onitsha that's on the Niger is seated where?!

Which Niger?

Tranquill:


Which Niger?

PEOPLE ON THE RIVER NIGER ARE TALKING, OSUN RIVER DWEALER TOO DEY TALK.


DID YOUR TRIBE SEE THE RIVER NIGER? NO.


WHO GIVE YOU MOUTH FOR THIS MATTER?


ANAMBRA WILL JOIN NDDC BECAUSE AS A MAJOR ENERGY HUB, WITH BOTH OIL AND GAS IN ABUNDANCE, AS WELL AS BORDERING BEYALSA, RIVERS, DELTA, IMO ABIA, WE ARE QUALIFIED TO BE PLACED IN THAT CATEGORY.



OUR MEMBERSHIP IS FOR A REASON AND NOT JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT.

They should go and meet their son Peter Agulu Obituary

WE HAVE INDICATED INTEREST TO JOIN NDDC AND WE WILL IN DUE TIME(FULLNESS OF TIME)

naija4life247:
They should go and meet their son Peter Agulu Obituary

BIAFRA IS STILL LOADING, BEHAVE YOURSELF.


UNITY BEGGAR!

Depriest2020:
Ohanaeze please everything is not marginalization. The senators gave their reasons for turning it down.

answers this question. WOULD THEY HAVE REJECTED IT IF ANAMBRA WAS A STATE IN THE NORTH.

Akpabio is maginalizing us,why is every region marginalizing us? Even out South South bloda are now marginalizing us, we no go gree O, we no go gree,Nzogbu zogbu

Always playing the victim card over every issue. Smh!

nabiz:
answers this question. WOULD THEY HAVE REJECTED IT IF ANAMBRA WAS A STATE IN THE NORTH.

I believe so.

hammerF:



PEOPLE ON THE RIVER NIGER ARE TALKING, OSUN RIVER DWEALER TOO DEY TALK.


DID YOUR TRIBE SEE THE RIVER NIGER? NO.


WHO GIVE YOU MOUTH FOR THIS MATTER?


ANAMBRA WILL JOIN NDDC BECAUSE AS A MAJOR ENERGY HUB, WITH BOTH OIL AND GAS IN ABUNDANCE, AS WELL AS BORDERING BEYALSA, RIVERS, DELTA, IMO ABIA, WE ARE QUALIFIED TO BE PLACED IN THAT CATEGORY.



OUR MEMBERSHIP IS FOR A REASON AND NOT JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT.

Why is your dundee senator not asking to join the River Niger? Anambra can even join Niger State or Niger Street in Portharcourt, NigerCat, Niger Clinic, Niger Optical centre, Diocese of the Niger if you like, but definitely not Niger Delta.