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President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been advised to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission and the North East Development Commission for allegedly taking advantage of the masses.

Isah Abubakar, National President, Northern Youth Council of Nigeria and Chairman, Nigeria Citizen Action Group, in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna, said, “We advise that Mr President to as a matter of urgency immediately scrap this two commission so as to stop few from taking advantage of the masses.”



He also advised the government to merge agencies, Ministries and commissions to cut costs and reduce corruption.

The statement suggested that the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio should voluntarily resign his appointment to enable proper investigation of the entire ministry and Commission.

It noted that from available indications and reality on the ground, the two commissions are no longer serving the purposes of fast-tracking developments but rather served as avenues to loot the regional resources by a few.

“With the audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission one will not hesitate to say that if a similar committee is set to investigate the North East Development Commission, both will have little or no difference. The two commissions are never needed if all government agencies are very proactive, effective and transparent in their responsibility.

“It’s a fact that from 2000 till date, over 20 Trillion Naira have been looted in NDDC alone; this quantum amount of money can transform a Nation, not Region. Only 1.1% of the total population of that region benefit from this corrupt setting of government,” the statement explained.

Amotolongbo:
NEDC can be scrapped cos it has no sensible reason for being established than to carve out a conduit pipe to siphon money for some people who aren’t so productive, but have just decided to actively subscribe to instigating rebellious minds in Boko Haram.

The North West now have suddenly stylishly raised their own geopolitical zone way of demanding extra fund from the national purse through Banditry.

The NDDC is created for Niger Delta People cos you can’t be milking a dairy daily without feeding it fat. This is understandable and reasonable, Unlike the NEDC Which is just a way of pacifying and promoting terrorism.

The NEDC can be scrapped.
But the NDDC? Hell No!
The commission should be well organized and monitored extraordinary to reduce the level of corruption in it, cos corruption can’t be totally alienated being a Nigerian way and culture

SmartProf:
Maybe we should just tell the UN to scrap Nigeria too.