An elder stateman and leader in the South South region of Nigeria, Edwin Clark has condemned the scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs by President Bola Tinubu.
Clark said action by the president is unacceptable by the people of the region.
The former commissioner for information’s condemnation comes barely hours after President Tinubu scrapped some ministries, dismissed some of his cabinet members and announced new nominees for ministerial appointments.
However, Clark said there is no basis for the president’s action.
He further accused the presidency of planning to use funds from the South South geopolitical zones to develop other zones through various development commissions.
The leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) also accused the president of having no good intentions for the people of South South.
He said, “There’s no basis for scrapping it now, Yar’Adua had a poised for creating it, to develop the Niger Delta Region and Nigeria, to bring peace to the region.
“What I have noted so far is that there is no basis for scrapping it. Yar’Adua had a clear purpose to address the security situation in the Niger Delta, which led to the creation of the Ministry to focus on the development of that area. We have been working for some time now, managing our commissions.
