NDDC probe: No harm should come to ex-NDDC boss, Joy Nunieh, Rivers State Govt warns
Dr. (Mrs.) Joi Nunieh

Following the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and hot exchange of words between the Minister of Niger Delta, Akpabio and former Acting Managing Director of the Commission, the Rivers State Government has warned against any harm coming upon their ”daughter,” former Acting Managing Director of (NDDC), Dr. Joy Nunieh.

This was contained in a statement released by the Commissioner for Information and Communications Paulinus Nsirim.

The Rivers State Government stated that it will never support any action that will prevent or jeopardize the laudable intentions of President Muhammadu Buhari to positively reposition the NDDC and fulfill the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the Niger Delta.

The statement read;

“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. Joy 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.”

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