HOW ADVICE OF A FORMER NDDC MD LED TO NUNEI's REMOVAL -

By Kayode Odesola, Port Harcourt

More facts have emerged of how a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), (names withheld) advised the now embattled former Managing Director, Joy Nunei, to disregard any directive from the Supervising Minister and run the Commission as she desired.

According to a competent source in the commission, who pleaded anonymity, ” the problems of Madam started the moment she chose to accept the advice of some serving and former stakeholders in the commission, who advised her to assert her independence from the supervision of the minister.

” While pondering over the advice, what really swept her off her feet was that of a former MD of the Commission who told her that while he was the MD, he had no business with the Minister, because he ran his show in the Commission and merely briefed the Minister if he so desired.”the source disclosed.

The source, who described the relationship between the Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the sacked MD as cordial, disclosed that their cordiality nosedived shortly after Nunei’s meeting with the former MD.

Peesreporters reliably gathered that Nunei became more emboldened when the said former MD took her to the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, without the knowledge of the Minister.

Her meeting with Kyari, it was further learnt emboldened her in her determination not to take orders and directives from the supervisory ministry.

The meeting was also said to have given her a phyrhic confidence that with her direct access to the CoS office, she could run the Commission without any recourse to the Ministry.

See also Rochas Okorocha, Senator representing Imo West has warned the State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha to stop harassing his wife and children. Okorocha, who is the immediate past governor of the state said harassing his wife and children by the Ihedioha-led state government was unacceptable. The lawmaker’s warning was contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on media, Sam Onwuemedo. He challenged the governor to take charge as the leader of the State and halt the incessant harassment and abuse of his wife and children by his senior appointees. The statement reads: TThugs believed to be working for the secretary to the State Government, Chief Onyeaguocha invaded a mechanic workshop around the Orji flyover and took away a vehicle undergoing repair and owned by the daughter of the former governor, Uloma Nwosu nee Okorocha. “Even when she later sent her staff with the particulars of the vehicle they took away, to show that the vehicle does not belong to the State Government and to show that she bought the vehicle long time ago, they threatened to beat her and detain her and never cared to look at the particulars of the vehicle. “If Ihedioha’s government wanted anything from any of the former governor’s children or wife they could do so through the Police or DSS in the State. Invading their houses or impounding their private vehicles even from the mechanics for any reason, is barbaric and should be frowned at.’ “We want to make this appeal and ask Governor Emeka Ihedioha to take charge as the governor of the State and halt the incessant harassment and abuse of the wife and children of the former governor of the State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha by his senior appointees and their foot soldiers. Specifically, Governor Ihedioha should call Uche Onyeaguocha and his thugs to order and stop them from their harassment and abuse of the wife and children of the former governor. “Chief Ihedioha should not create an ugly history or set a very bad precedence as the first governor of the State who took delight in harassing the children and wife of the man he succeeded as governor. “Chief Ikedi Ohakim never harassed or abused the children and wife of Achike Udenwa he succeeded as governor. Owelle Rochas Okorocha for one day, never harassed or abused the wife and children of Chief Ohakim who he succeeded also as governor. Ihedioha should follow those examples. “His appointees have been harassing and castigating the children and wife of the former governor even at public functions and in the media. This is not good for the Office of governor. They can criticize or malign Rochas Okorocha on any issue which they have been doing, but to begin to harass the children and wife, is unacceptable to us and indeed, to all decent men and women in the society. ” Thugs believed to be working for the secretary to the State Government, Chief Onyeaguocha invaded a mechanic workshop around the Orji flyover and took away a vehicle undergoing repair and owned by the daughter of the former governor, Uloma Nwosu nee Okorocha. ” Even when she later sent her staff with the particulars of the vehicle they took away, to show that the vehicle does not belong to the State Government and to show that she bought the vehicle long time ago, they threatened to beat her and detain her and never cared to look at the particulars of the vehicle. If Ihedioha’s government wanted anything from any of the former governor’s children or wife they could do so through the Police or DSS in the State. Invading their houses or impounding their private vehicles even from the mechanics for any reason, is barbaric and should be frowned at. “It is also important to remind those who have got appointments for chewing election result sheets that no human being has the monopoly of thuggery or lawlessness and the most dangerous situation could arise when people are pushed to the wall. It also gives the wrong impression that those who want to be Secretary to the Government of the State should only need to tear or chew election result sheets. Okorocha’s wife and children never committed any crime by remaining in the State after he had left as governor, when the children and wives of those before him are all at overseas. “They are here because they believe in the State and Owelle has an addiction for the good of the State. Finally, people should not see Rochas Okorocha’s penchant for peace and tolerance as weakness. A word should be enough for the wise.”

Several letters written to her by the supervisory ministry were not acknowledged not to talk of responding to them.

While she was treating the office of the minister with disdain, a petition was sent to the same office she ran to, challenging her eligibility for the office she was occupying. Apart from her parading forged NYSC discharge certificate, her disrespect to the office of the supervisory minister led to her removal as the MD.

Senator Akpabio stated this much in his in his official response to the myriad of allegations leveled against him by the sacked MD, while featuring on a live interview session in Abuja on Saturday night.

According to Akpabio, ” She was not relieved of her appointment because of corruption. But she was relieved of her appointment because of insubordination. My ministry that supervised her wrote seven letters to her. She never responded. And then she said she was bigger than the Minister of Niger Delta.”

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HOW ADVICE OF A FORMER NDDC MD LED TO NUNEI’s REMOVAL

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