Former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has called on President Bola Tinubu to review the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) with immediate effect.
Wike stated this while speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s N195.3bn Port Harcourt Ring Road – a 50.1km project in Port Harcort, on Monday.
The dual carriage road project, to be executed by Julius Berger, spans six local government areas with six flyovers and one bridge, to be completed within 36 months.
Wike said: “Ordinarily, this project you’re doing is meant to be done by NDDC if it was a development commission.
“Unfortunately, what we have is Niger Delta Cash Cow. Unfortunately.
“It is a cash cow, not a development commission. Please, change that phrase to Niger Delta Cash Cow. All they do is go to a primary school; stating that they are doing a six-classroom block which nobody asked them to do.
“Everyone wants to be chairman of NDDC, Minister of NDDC, all because of cash cow. I believe our President would change what we use to have as cash cow to bring development to Niger Delta.
“I’ve never seen a region that hates itself like our region. I’ve never seen that