Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission and the North East Development Commission for allegedly taking advantage of the masses.
NYCN National President, and Chairman, Nigeria Citizen Action Group, Isah Abubakar, made this call in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna.
“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 said.
Abubakar also charged the government on the need to merge agencies, Ministries and commissions as means to cut costs and reduce corruption.
The group through the statement also called on the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio to voluntarily resign his appointment to enable proper investigation of the entire ministry and Commission.
It noted that from available indications and reality on 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.