WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT NETWORK FOR DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE (NDDGG)

High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich has been a Long Standing Army Fighting for the Dignity and *THE ACTUALIZATION OF UPLAND/RIVERINE DICHOTOMY FOR PEACE, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE* in the Committee of democracy and Demanding Good Governance from Operators of Institutions!

Nigeria truely need a Ruthless, Die-hard and Selfless Leader, whose utmost interest will be to Tactfully and Courageously guide the constituency to her Haven of Peace, Progress and Prosperity!

If I am not mistaking, I think this is not about High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, nor a political party But A MOVEMENT pioneered to mobilise like minded Patriots. Commandeer Comrades to Obey Clarion call to duty of Emancipation from the Tyranny of Blood Suckers in the opposition.

But to support High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich Heartbeat, Drive, Dreams, Aspirations, Passion and Strong Desire to see A NEW RIVERS STATE.

A MOVEMENT is not a respecter of Political Gimmicks or Manoeuvres.

A MOVEMENT is a Torrential Current of Flood of Mobilised Aggressors on Passionate Rampage Motion for A Long Desired Revolution!

My assumption is that a good heart is preferred to a good hand when it comes to Leadership and Governance.

With Great Brains as Team Players around Good Heart, the Speed of Accomplishment will be Dynamic!

It takes a Lion's Heart to dig into the corruptions in the Corridors of Powers, both in LGA, State and national still be alive!

He is not only intelligent, but also have a lively Conscience and the strength of the mind to Drive his Vision to Fruition in the face of Obvious and Deadly Oppositions!

High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich is in strong collaboration with like minded patriots youths, sensitising them home and abroad

For the fact that the common man may not be familiar with his Team Players does not mean that HE is running alone.

Mobilizing Diasporeans and Motivating Grassroots.

Delving into Corridors of Powers and Stimulating Opinion Leaders towards Emancipation of the vulnerable masses are all indicators that he is not running alone.

Movement is about Staying Focused on Motion and Driving Towards Desirable Destination

Talk is Cheap!
Even the donkey of Balaam spoke!

When Thoughts and Talk are backed up with Purpose Driven Actions, Delivery is a Must!

GOD BLESS OUR MOVEMENT.

#YesWeCan
My name is Baron Wisdom

THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) ON TUESDAY ACCUSED SOME FEDERAL LAWMAKERS OF DEMANDING PAYMENT OF N6.4 BILLION FROM IT FOR UNVERIFIABLE PROJECTS.

It also accused the members of asking it not to send “certain files” to its forensic auditors in a bid to scuttle the probe ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC urged the management of the National Assembly to investigate the activities of the lawmakers.

Acting Managing Director Prof. Keme Pondei, who spoke at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, said most members of the two National Assembly committees on the NDDC were not aware of the motives behind the action of the chairmen of the committees.

Senator Peter Nwaaoboshi is the chairman of the Senatr Committee on Niger Delta while Rep Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is the chair of the House of Reps committee.

Piondei said: “We have faced so much pressure from some members of the National Assembly not to send certain files to forensic auditors. We fear this will compromise the integrity of the exercise and have refused to do their bid.

“We have refused to pay out N6.4bn for the 132 jobs which have no proof of execution. We believe that an IMC set up as a cleansing structure cannot become part of the old story of rot,” he said.

Pondei lamented that 50 per cent of NDDC inability to deliver on its mandate came from the stranglehold of the National Assembly on the commission.

He said the IMC was courageous enough to tell members of the public the truth about the overbearing and selfish attitude of some federal lawmakers on the commission.

Pondei also alleged that the National Assembly was fond of delaying the passage of the commission’s budgets.

He said: “The 2019 budget was passed two months to the end of its implementation period. In fact, the hard copy was received by the commission on April 10, 2020 when the implementation period ends in May 31.

“Given the procurement rules, it is not enough time to call for tender and execution of the jobs. The statutory period for advertising tenders is six weeks.

“Two, the budgets are bastardised by the National Assembly in a way that renders it useless. A case will suffice. In the 2019 budget, we had a provision of N1.32bn to pay our counterpart funding to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the $129.7m Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Programme in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND).

“The National Assembly cut the provision to N100million. Are we going to IFAD, a United Nations agency, to tell them to bring their $129.7m when our National Assembly says we can only pay N100m out of N1.32billion obligation?

“The National Assembly members insert items we have no plans for. These items are then forced on the commission when it is not part of its master plan. Rather than be a major intervention agency, the commission is busy erecting streetlights and drainage, something local governments should do.

“The NDDC operates accounts only in the Central Bank of Nigeria and it is highly regulated. Anybody, who wants to check the NDDC is free to do so.

“Some people have decided that until this IMC is removed, they will not know any rest without minding whether the people of the Niger Delta benefit or not. They want to scuttle the forensic audit because the audit is bringing out a lot of things.”

While acknowledging that the National Assembly reserved the right to probe the NDDC, he said such investigations, when done in normal times, would be a welcome development.

He said: “The probe at this time is actually distracting the commission from focusing on that exercise, which all stakeholders, including governors of the nine Niger Delta states agreed with Mr. President is the way forward for the commission.

“We suspect that the probe being trumpeted by the National Assembly is not for altruistic reason but an attempt by some members to arm-twist the IMC.”.

Pondei also accused some politicians from the region of wanting to have control of the NDDC because of the 2023 governorship election in Delta State.

He said: “Sometimes last year, there was a board that was screened by the National Assembly to run the NDDC but was not inaugurated before an IMC was instituted. Many people, who felt that should not be, have continued to fight until the people they need to run the NDDC are put in place.

“But I think there is something very wrong there. How can the National Assembly nominate people to run the NDDC and give the list to Mr. President. Then Mr. President will pass the list to the same National Assembly to screen.

“There is separation of powers. Mr. President has the right to nominate whoever he feels to run a place. He has the powers to hire and fire. So, they should leave Mr. President to exercise that power. Their attempt to dabble into the powers of Mr. President is causing the blackmail.

“They want NDDC to remain the way it has always been; a place that generates money for elections. But we cannot continue to use the NDDC as a place to generate money for elections. The real problem we are seeing now is because of the governorship election in Delta State. That is just the basic truth.”

But Tunji-Ojo, the House Committee Chairman on Niger Delta, denied it all.

He said the lawmakers would not succumb to any form of blackmail in their quest to unravel corruption in the commission.

He explained that the House was merely investigating allegations and counter- allegations of corruption in the intervention agency as part of its oversight function.

The chairman also assured that the probe would not hinder the forensic audit.

Tunji-Ojo said those scared that the forensic audit might be affected need not be since the House had on its own made provisions for it in the 2019 budget of the commission.

He was reacting to a series of allegations leveled against the House and the two chairmen of the National Assembly on Niger Delta by the IMC Executive Director in charge of Projects Dr. Cairo Ojuogoh.

Ojuogoh had while featuring on Arise Television News programme, alleged that the House was delaying the passage of the commission’s 2020 budget and was bent on halting the forensic audit of the intervention agency

“It is an exercise of the system of checks and balances and not a duplicity of effort. Therefore, we will continue independent investigations in order to be equipped with information in anticipation of the outcome of the forensic audit,.” he argued

Tunji-Ojo said since blackmail had not succeeded in stopping the National Assembly from carrying out its oversight functions, anyone who has nothing to hide should be bold enough to defend himself instead of throwing tantrums.

Tunji-Ojo also dismissed claims of award of emergency contract not budgeted for by the commission.

He said: “Obviously, this is share blackmail and we expected this from the outset when the investigation process started.

“The bottom line is that we are not going to be deterred. This is coming after threat to life by militants and different text messages which have failed. The next agenda to stop the legislative work is blackmail.

“I can say it categorically that we are more determined to work for the people of the Niger Delta.”

On allegations that he demanded for payment for an emergency training which was allegedly smuggled into the 2019 budget, Tunji-Ojo said: “I have gone through the 2019 budget as approved and I can tell you that there is no provision for emergency training.

“I have said it before and let me repeat it that I don’t have a single contract in NDDC.

“All these allegations are coming because the National Assembly decided to institute a probe after calls and petitions.

“Threats have been used as a weapon to stop the National Assembly and they have not worked. The latest one is this issue of blackmail and we have told them that if they have any document against us, they should release it or approach the relevant security and anti -agencies.

“I don’t see why anybody should be scared of his or her own shadow. We are all working for the Niger Delta people.”

A 21year old Nyekachi Douglas who hails from Ibaa in Emohua LGA of Rivers State who represented Rivers State in the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria contest has been crowned the winner for the year 2019. http://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/12/breaking-news-nyekachi-douglas-wins-the-most-beautiful-girl-in-nigeria-mbgn-2019/

One of the wanted notorious cultists and kidnapper who has been terrorizing the East West road in Emohua local government Area of Rivers State had been caught up this morning by the local vigilante group

It was gathered that the said Young man NDIDI JERRY who hails from Omueta community in Elele/Alimini has been involved in several kidnappings and hijacking of commercial Buses Along the East West road, Stealing round d community every night and Robbing motorist along Ahoada road from d bad spot close to total filling station collecting their ATM cards.

The criminal was today caught up at the early hours by the local security group ably led by John Agi at omuadi village dis morning. http://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/10/crime-wanted-kidnapper-caught-in-rivers-state/

The Nigerian and a Port Harcourt based artist sky B AKA My babe Has been reportedly confirmed death in his hotel room at owerri, the capital city of Imo State.

According to reports made known on social media states that the cause of his death was as a result of heart attack but was rushed to a nearby hospital in owerri were he later gave up a ghost. http://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/08/just-in-port-harcourt-based-artist-sky-b-confirmed-dead/

The Rivers State Election Petition tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by Engr. Biokpomabo Awara of the AAC against the election of Gov. Nyesom Wike for lack of merit http://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/05/rivers-tribunal-wike-wins-as-court-dismisses-petition-filed-by-the-aac-candidate-for-lack-of-merit/

The Rivers State Governorship Election tribunal sitting in port Harcourt has strucked out The Petition of the ADP candidate Victor Fingesi against Governor Wike’s election for lacking Meritlack of merit. http://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/05/rivers-tribunalcourt-strikes-out-adp-governorship-candidate-petition-for-lacking-merit/

A pastor, one Chukwuemeka Ezeh has been arrested by the Enugu State Police command for killing his girlfriend, Miss Ogechukwu
Ogbodo at her apartment located at Railway axis of Enugu metropolis.

The General Overseer of Royal Prince Prophetic Ministry whose girlfriend is a recharge card sales agent until her death,
began fighting with her after she refused to
buy him a tricycle.

He was reportedly on a visit on July 15, 2019,
when he discovered that his girlfriend of five years came home with N2m which she intended to deposit in the bank the next day.
Upon making the discovery, Pastor Ezeh killed his girlfriend, ransacked her house and took the money and title documents to her landed
property.

Enugu state police spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu said the suspect will be charged to court after concluding investigation http://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/05/enugu-based-pastor-kills-girl-friend-for-refusing-to-buy-him-tricycle/

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has directed that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), suspends forthwith any employment exercise into the Commission.

The Minister also directed the suspension of handing over of appointment letters, documentation and all other processes connected to employment into the Commission.

Senator Akpabio gave this directive in a letter issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack to the Acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Akwagaga Enyia.

According to the Ministerial directive, the Commission’s pay roll should not accommodate any new employees and should revert to the status quo as at August 31, 2019, while he should be furnished within three days with a detailed report of any employment exercise being undertaken by the Commission.

The letter said the suspension exercise is to subsist until a due process evaluation of the purported exercise is carried out by the Ministry in consultation with the two NDDC Committees of the National Assembly and sought prompt action of the Acting Managing Director on the matter. http://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/04/nddc-senator-akpabio-orders-suspension-of-employment-in-nddc/

The most wanted notorious kidnapper from Egamini Community Rundele in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, EKWEME BROWN IKE (AKA LUCIFER) has been killed by Men of the Operation STING led by the Commander, ACP Shem Evans.

It was gathered thathe was killed in Bayelsa State after several efforts had been made to get hold of him in the past few months.
According to a source who revealed that the said Young man had Ran to owerri, the head quarters of IMO State were he had an apartment but it later became so hot for him that he couldn’t stay anymore.
” Lucifer had a well furnished apartment in Ahoada local Government Area of Rivers State and IMO State were he lived but after many traces on him, he left the both Area to Bayelsa state were he was planning and recruiting to fight Back” he added.

He Lucifer had been responsible for all the kidnappings and hijack of Commercial Buses on the Ndele Axis of the East/West Roadhttp://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/02/how-the-notorious-kidnapper-lucifer-was-killed-in-rivers-state/

This is to inform all candidates who participated in the Rivers State University (RSU) 2019/2020 Post UTME screening Exercise that the management of the institution has released the names of candidates offered provisional admission.http://areatalkreport.com/2019/10/02/rsu-2019-2020-admission-list-is-out/

The 2019 AAC Governorship Candidate of Rivers State, Engr. Biokpomabo Awara has petitioned against the Participation of Justice Mary Peter Odili in the new Panel that is been constituted to entertain his Appeal.
http://areatalkreport.com/2019/09/30/rivers-tribunal-awara-petitions-against-the-participation-of-justice-mary-peter-odili-in-the-panel/