By: Felix Ikpotor
Rivers State Government is now worried over the recent developments at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The state government said it is worried because the name of “our daughter, Dr Joi Nunieh, the immediate past Acting Managing Director of the Commission, has been dragged into it”.
Nunieh and the minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio have been at daggers drawn over a probe by the Senate into the finances of the commission.
The state government said it will not fold its arms and see a daughter of the state suffer any form of harm.
Statement by Paulinus Nsirim, the state’s commissioner for information, called on those involved in the ongoing investigations in the NDDC to ensure that Dr Joi Nunieh does not suffer any harm in the course of their undertakings.
“We wish to state categorically that the Rivers State Government will never support any action that will prevent or jeopardize the laudable intentions of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, to positively reposition the NDDC and fulfil the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the Niger Delta.
“However, we wish to state that while we are not interested in identifying with the present unfolding drama in the NDDC, we will not, however, fail to protect our daughter from actual harm or perceived danger.
“The State owes it as a duty to protect her citizens from danger no matter their political affiliation and we cannot fold our hands and watch anyone harm her or indeed any Rivers citizen.
“We advise those involved in the present altercations in the NDDC to thread with caution in their actions and utterances”.
