Stop meddling into issues that are not your business - Dillion caution south south Governors

By Kelvin Ohoror

Chief Oyuwe Dillion has caution the south south governors mainly of the opposition People Democratic Party, PDP, to channel their time and energy into seeing how they can govern properly their respective states and stop delving into issues of the All Progressive Congress, APC, that are none of their business or do not require their contribution.

The revered Chief whose outburst was orchestrated by the recent activity of the south south governors where they came forward to condemn the recent appointments made President Muhammadu Buhari into the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying the President did not seek their consent or inputs before giving the go ahead on the constitution of the new board.

Chief Dillion who was interviewed by newsmen in his Igbide country home, condemning outrightly the actions taken by the south south governors who should be more concerned on how to account for the huge allocation accrued to them in the areas of development, industrialization and giving a facelift to precarious conditions their state is presently reveling in.

According to him "It beats my expectations that governors who do not seek the consent of the executive chairmen of the local governments in their respective states when constituting oil producing and development board would lament when the federal government does same to constitute federal boards within her jurisdiction."

"Let no one see the actions of these set of governors as a solidarity with the masses plea for good governance but gimmicks to destabilize a transparent system having lost out in the plot to impose their stooges on the President against the ruling party's wish, same way they did in the 8th National Assembly where they forced Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon.Yakubu Dogara against the people's wish that caused an irrevocable developmental loss and chaos having heated up the polity."

"I want to say without fear or favour that the President Muhammadu Buhari got this one right by putting round pegs in a round holes haven appointed renowned accountant and a distinguished fellow, Chief Bernard Okumagba as the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, the erstwhile deputy governor of Edo State, Dr Pius Odubu as the Chairman and our own illustrious son and Delta State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Prophet Jones Erue as the Delta State Representative in the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC."

He also affirmed that, "With these appointments made and Chief Bernard Okumagba as the Managing Director, our dear President should be rest assured the commission is in safe hands and her core mandate in meeting up to the demands of the Niger Delta region in line with the Next Level Agenda will be achieved successfully owing to the pedigree of the incoming Managing Director and his team," he said .

He further added that, it is pathetic that governors who ought to be relishing on how to cooperatively join hands with the Presidency in granting full autonomy to the local government, which is the government closest to the grassroots, is on a failed mission to truncate a transparent system that has assembled the best hands to pilot the affairs of the commission.