{"id":17293,"date":"2017-12-24T09:27:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T09:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=17293"},"modified":"2017-12-24T09:27:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T09:27:04","slug":"ijaw-youths-protest-demand-adherence-to-nddc-board-rotation-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=17293","title":{"rendered":"IJAW YOUTHS PROTEST, DEMAND ADHERENCE TO  NDDC BOARD ROTATION POLICY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hundreds of Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, members has stormed the head office of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, protesting alleged Federal Government\u2019s plan to extend the tenure of the current board of the commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The youths, with placards bearing different inscriptions, such as \u2018Ijaw Nation Rejects NDDC tenure extension,\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018End the Corruption in NDDC now\u2019, \u2018We demand adherence to the existing NDDC rotation policy,\u2019 moved from Polo Club in Government Reverse Area, GRA, to barricade the commission\u2019s office on Aba-Port Harcourt express.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=15476&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Speaking, President of IYC, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, urged the FG to reject any attempt by the current management of NDDC to secure the extension of their stay in office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Oweilaemi said that the move to extend the tenure of the current board was against the policy of rotation, which is contained in the act that established the NDDC, adding that any attempt to extend the tenure will cause another round of crisis in the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IYC-PROTEST.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17294\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IYC-PROTEST-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IYC-PROTEST-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IYC-PROTEST-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IYC-PROTEST-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IYC-PROTEST.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, members has stormed the head office of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, protesting alleged Federal Government\u2019s plan to extend the tenure of the current board of the commission. 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