MOSIEND, PANDEF Back Demand For Review Of NDDC Act

Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality (MOSIEND) and the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), have expressed support for calls by Niger Delta stakeholders for the review of the Parliamentary Act establishing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

A communique issued at the end of the Niger Delta stakeholders’ summit held in Port Harcourt between July 10 and July 12, 2024, had among other things, demanded the review of the NDDC Act 2000.
Speaking with LEADERSHIP Sunday in Port Harcourt yesterday, MOSIEND president, Dr. Kennedy West, said the organisation was fully in support of the call for the review of the Act, having been advocating for it before now.

He said: “Even before now, we have been advocating for it, more especially, which was also addressed, where we said that stakeholders should be part of project origin and evaluation.

“It is the stakeholders that clamoured for the establishment of the NDDC, even OMPADEC. So, how come stakeholders are not part of project monitoring and evaluation? So, this was part of the areas we were advocating and also that the NDDC should be excluded from the TSA.”