Tracereporters –Hon. Perezide Napoleon has maintained that the demand for transparency and accountability in the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC by Chief Michael Johnny was for the best interests of the South South region.
Perezide made the remarks on Saturday while responding to comments by former member of House of Representatives, Hon. Sunny-Goli against Johnny.
He noted that Johnny’s call for a probe on activities of NDDC was done in good faith because the interventionist agency has not lived up to expectations since it was established in 2000.
According him, “ Chief Michael Johnny, the Agadiwei of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta state, is pro- Niger Deltan, and a faithful member of All Progressives Congress APC, unlike Hon. Sunny-Goli, a dishonest and untrustworthy member of APC in Bayelsa State”
“I still recall that sometime in May, Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli made a publication calling on EFCC to probe former Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi Wabote, a fellow Ijaw from Bayelsa State. Therefore, Sunny-Goli should also free himself from the dog eat dog mentality “
“Chief Michael Johnny is entitled to his opinion to demand for accountability in NDDC. He can as well also decides to support the present NDDC Board for the good of the region”
“ The office of MD of NDDC is a public office and the occupier is answerable to the people of Niger Delta region. I will advise Sunny-Goli to know this and stop being sycophantic”
“ Finally, it is proper to educate Sunny-Goli that Michael Johnny is a financial and committed APC leader in Delta State, he is from an oil producing community, a Niger Deltan, therefore, he is entitled to be patronized and to benefit from NDDC, after all people who are not from Niger Delta are benefiting from NDDC”
