Group Backs Forensic Audit Of NDDC

A Pan Niger Delta group, Patriotic Forum of Niger Delta (PFND), has backed the proposed forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the Federal Government.
The forum said this at the end of its two-day National Leadership Conference in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
A communique jointly signed by the National Chairman of the forum, Owo Udoh and National Secretary, Daniel Wilson, said the proposed forensic audit of the commission will promote transparency and proper utilisation of funds in the commission.
The forum also called on Niger Deltans and other Nigerians to give their maximum support to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
According to the communique, “Senator Akpabio is more acquainted with the issues and challenges in the Niger Delta.
The forum appealed to the minister to pay more attention to human development and capacity building, by making job creation, industrialisation and empowerment of youths a reality in the region.
It also urged the minister to put more effort on dualisation of all roads that link states within the South-South region and those that link neighbouring states outside the region such as Ikot Ekpene – Aba Road, Ikot Ekpene-Umuahia Road, Port Harcourt-Owerri Road, Ekparakwa/Ukanafun– Obehie Road and others to drive development and industrialisation activities of the region.
The forum promised to collaborate with Senator Akpabio and his team to actualize the federal government’s development plan for Niger Delta region.