Niger Delta ex-agitators have hailed the reported decision of President Bola Tinubu to return the supervision of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) back to the Presidency.
The National Secretary of the First Phase Ex-agitators, Mr. Nature Dumale, in a statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said it was heart-warming to hear that the NDDC would, henceforth, report directly to the President like the North East Development Commission (NEDC).
Dumale said the development was like a prayer answered and recalled that he had in the past led a campaign for the commission to be directly supervised by the president.
Dumale, who is also the Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Strategic Communication Committee (SCC), said President Tinubu had by the singular act demonstrated his genuine intention to turn around the fortunes of the NDDC.
He insisted that the Niger Delta had suffered lack of development over the years because greedy individuals were allowed to convert many interventions by the Federal Government for the region, into their personal estates.
H explained that the region sees it as a sign that the President has good intentions for the Niger Delta region for summoning the political will to move the interventionist agency back to the Presidency
