NDDC: Ijaw Publishers' write Tinubu, demand probe of Ogbuku, others

The apex Ijaw media council, the Ijaw Publishers' Forum, IPF, in Nigeria, has written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to institute a probe into the financial recklessness of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and the entire Board, stating that the Commission has been turned into ATM machine for the benefit of a few.

This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesman of the IPF, Comrade Ezekiel Kagbala, with copies made available to journalists in Warri, Delta State, on Monday, July 21, 2025.

The media council further called on prominent Niger Delta leaders to prevail on the Ogbuku-led NDDC management to give stewardship of the trillions of naira that have accrued to the Commission over the period of his administration.

The Ijaw apex media organization said the probe had become imperative considering the non-impactful programs the Commission is rerunning to siphon money belonging to the people of Niger Delta to their individual pockets.

IPF said Ogbuku is not interested in lifting Niger Delta region out of poverty and underdevelopment, but that it is very interesting in littering the region with abandoned projects and substandard programs.

The Forum said despite the trillions that have accrued to the NDDC for the period of Ogbuku-led administration, there was no rural electricity, drinkable water, good roads, bridges to connect rural communities to the urban cities, and an adequate health care centre among Niger Delta rural and riverine communities.

The Forum also lamented that there was no riverine community being connected to the national grid; rather, Ogbuku keeps installing low cost street solar lights that have no value in the lives of the people in a selective manner.

IPF insisted that NDDC fake programs such as Project Hope, NDDC Youth Internship Scheme, Niger Delta Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines, and Agriculture (NDCCITMA) should be probed, adding that they were not impactful but a medium of syphoning the Commission's treasury.

The media council further added that Ogbuku was not working for President Tinubu's interest in winning the Niger Delta's support, but only interested in becoming the next governor of Bayelsa State.

The Ijaw Publishers' said Ogbuku was doing selective empowerment of boys that were loyal to him, political leaders he feels will support him for his political ambition and his Ayakoro community.

According to them, Tinubu's re-election bid would suffer a terrible setback if Ogbuku-led NDDC management was not called to order, adding that many Niger Delta youths and communities were already angry at Tinubu for imposing Ogbuku on the throat of the Commission and its people.

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