A pan Yoruba group, the Oodua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC), has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the recent new appointments in the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC).
ONAC urged President Buhari to reverse the list submitted to the National Assembly and appoint a technocrat of Ondo State extraction as the next Managing Director of the NDDC.
In a petition sent to the President, ONAC said the recent appointments is skewed in favour of the South South at the detriment of Ondo State, which is the fifth oil producing state in the country.
“We condemn in very strong terms the failure of you the President to appoint an indigene of Ondo State as the Managing Director of the NDDC. Mr President sir, instead, you appointed both the Chairman and the Managing Director from Akwa Ibom and Cross River States which remain the stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) which voted and campaigned against your government in the last elections,” ONAC said in the petition signed by Dr Ahmed Adeluyi on behalf of 35 Pan Yoruba groups. Some of the groups include the Oodua Liberation Alliance, (OLA), Oodua People’s Congress, (OPC), Yoruba Professional Association, (YOPA), and Yoruba Christian-Muslim Youth Association (YOCMY).