Edith CHUKU
A Coalition of Youth Groups in the Niger Delta region has described the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, as a kind-hearted person.
The group stated this in a release made available to TNN by the President of Niger Delta Youth Coalition for Peace and Progress NDYPP-Pastor Teido Jude Olayinka, vice president, Association for Nonviolence in the Niger Delta ANND, Mr. Maboshe Okitikpi, the coordinator of the Coalition of Ijaw Youths-Datonye Iketubosin.
Others are the deputy national coordinator, PDP Youth Reunion Group-Mr Benjamin Joshua and president of Niger Delta Community Women Empowerment Association- Madam Rosemary Brown.
They insisted that the NDDC boss was putting smiles on the faces of the people of the region and thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for Ogbuku’s appointment.
The youth groups claimed that “opposition members from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, chiefs, youth leaders and critical stakeholders in the region who hitherto hated the APC and the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government have now started identifying with the ruling party because of the humane disposition of the NDDC boss, Ogbuku.”
They thanked “President Tinubu for appointing a kind-hearted person like Ogbuku to oversee the affairs of the NDDC. This is an uncommon love towards the region demonstrated by the president. For the first time, the NDDC reached out to different groups and stakeholders without discrimination; ensuring that families had a great Christmas and New Year celebration this time around, something that has never happened in the history of the commission.
“The last time the people of the region enjoyed this type of kind treatment from the NDDC was many years ago when Chief Timi Alaibe was the MD of the commission. People who had no connection or influence were given quality food items and cash gifts as their Christmas and New Year packages this time around.
“Youth groups, women groups and critical stakeholders across the length and breadth of the region are still in shock over the surprise giftings from the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, because it has been long since they had this kind of Christmas benefits from the commission.”
Coalition for Youth Groups in the Niger Delta region explained that “Ogbuku’s achievements cut across different sectors and the long neglected people of the Niger Delta are beginning to feel the impact of good leadership with the arrival of the current MD. We thank the chairman of the NDDC Board and other members of the team for the good work they are doing. The people of the region are happy over the way and manner they are managing the board.
“If not for their support, people will not be singing praises of the NDDC to high heavens and in the nooks and crannies of the Niger Delta, especially in the areas of education, scholarship, vocational training, road infrastructure and human capital development.
“There is no state in the Niger Delta that has not felt the impact of the current leadership of the NDDC one way or the other. Many roads’ projects embarked upon by the Ogbuku-led NDDC have been earmarked for commissioning and very soon, communities which are yet to benefit will begin to see the light.
“Even if as human beings we cannot satisfy everybody or groups, the popular views are that the magnanimity and generosity extended to the youths, women groups and elders within the communities to celebrate the festivities by the board in this their first Christmas are highly commendable.
“We cannot hold back our appreciation but to join hands with other organisations to thank Dr. Samuel Ogbuku and the entire members of the NDDC Board under the Chairmanship of Hon. Barr. Chinedu Ebie, for ensuring that the resources coming into the region are fairly distributed to cover every area or aspect desiring development and improvement on the quality and standard of living for the common man in the Niger Delta.
“We pray for God’s blessings, strength, wisdom and unity to envelope them. We urge Niger Deltans to encourage them with good ideas and prayers for the speedy transformation of the region beginning from this 2024.”
