In protest against the Federal Government’s refusal to inaugurate a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission,NDDC, the Ijaw Youths Council,IYC, Worldwide has shut down the Warri office of the commission.
Scores of youths, clad in red t-shirts and IYC muffler scarfs, stormed the office located in Edjeba, Warri South council area of Delta state, on Wednesday to press home their demand.
Stickers with inscriptions such as “Inaugurate substantive NDDC board,” “We say no to bad governance,” “Restruction Nigeria now” and “we seek justice in the NDDC” were pasted on the entrance of the NDDC building.
The youth body had given a 30-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to constitute the board otherwise face a shutdown of the Niger Delta region.
The ultimatum expired midnight Tuesday, hence the protest which is ongoing despite uncertainties about the whereabouts of the IYC president, Peter Igbifa.
