NDDC Saga: Nothing Should Happen to Our Daughter, Nunieh, Rivers Government Warns

Rivers State Government has warned that no harm must befell the former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs. Joy Nunieh.

Reacting to the public altercations between Nunieh and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, the Rivers Government in a statement on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, called on the parties involved in the altercation to thread with caution.

See statement

“Rivers State Government has viewed with concern, the recent developments at the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) in which the name of our daughter, Dr. Joi Nunieh, the immediate past Acting Managing Director of the Commission, has been dragged into.

“We hereby call on those involved in the ongoing investigations in the NDDC to ensure that Dr. Joi Nunieh does not suffer any harm in the course of their undertakings.

“We wish to state categorically that the Rivers State Government will never support any action that will prevent or jeopardize the laudable intentions of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, to positively reposition the NDDC and fulfill the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the Niger Delta.

“However, we wish to state that while we are not interested in identifying with the present unfolding drama in the NDDC, we will not however fail to protect our daughter from actual harm or perceived danger.

“The State owes it as a duty to protect her citizens from danger no matter their political affiliation and we cannot fold our hands and watch anyone harm her or indeed any Rivers citizen.

“We advise those involved in the present altercations in the NDDC to thread with caution in their actions and utterances.”