{"id":39190,"date":"2021-01-14T11:42:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T11:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39190"},"modified":"2021-01-14T11:42:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T11:42:35","slug":"the-problem-in-nddc-is-akpabios-constant-interference-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39190","title":{"rendered":"The problem in NDDC is Akpabio\u2019s constant interference \u2014Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/edwin-clark.jpg\" alt=\"Police raid Edwin Clark Abuja home for arms\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) leader, Edwin Clark, has said that the problem they have in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) remained the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe problem we have is the constant interference in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/NDDC\/\">NDDC<\/a>&nbsp;by the minister,\u201d Clark said when Effiong Okon, NDDC interim administrator, paid him a visit in his Abuja home on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PANDEF leader wondered why<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no provision in the NDDC budget for the completion of the East-West road.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added, \u201cI don\u2019t know why the road is not under the minister of works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are asking the federal government to make special funds for the completion of the road.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road which was started under the government of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has remained uncompleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking, Okon, who was appointed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/Buhari\/\">President Muhammadu Buhari<\/a>&nbsp;as the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC last December, pleaded with Niger Delta youths to stop their protests against his appointment for peace to resign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ripples Nigeria has reported that groups of women in the region had threatened to protest naked over the appointment of Okon as interim administrator for the interventionist agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) leader, Edwin Clark, has said that the problem they have in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) remained the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio. \u201cThe problem we have is the constant interference in the&nbsp;NDDC&nbsp;by the minister,\u201d Clark said when Effiong Okon, NDDC interim administrator, paid him a visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The problem in NDDC is Akpabio\u2019s constant interference \u2014Clark &raquo; 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