NDDC MD charges traditional rulers to maintain peace

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Nsima Ekere, has charged traditional rulers to promote peace, stability and security to aid the development process of the Niger Delta region.

Dr Ekere spoke yesterday when the executive and members of Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, paid him a courtesy visit at NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt.

The NDDC Chief Executive Officer urged the traditional rulers to continue to contribute their quota to the peace and security of the region and by extension, the entire country, stating that the Commission was conscious of the critical role TROMPCON played in national development and the economic growth of the country.

He said “You have a duty to remind politicians that the democracy we are enjoying today was hard earned because some people paid for it with their blood.

“We have a responsibility to protect and preserve our democracy. You must, therefore, advise your subjects to play the game with the spirit of sportsmanship, recognising that power comes from God.”

In his address, the National Chairman of TROMPCON, Owong (Dr) Effiong Archianga, congratulated the NDDC on its achievements in providing basic infrastructures such as roads and other development facilities in the nine oilproducing states in the Niger Delta region, in spite of lean financial resources.