The oil producing communities in Ondo state on Friday dissociated themselves from a forum that is agitating for the picking of a managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) outside the state. Speaking on behalf of the communities, the Association of Oil Mineral Producing Communities Ondo State (ASOMPCOS), said Ondo state as the fifth oil producing state in the country is constitutionally entitled to the post. The Chairman of ASOMPCOS, Lepe Pius, said a story credited to one Agbelusi Abiodun who claimed to be speaking on behalf of a forum that is not existing in Ondo state, was not only a ruse but baseless. “We consider his position as self-seeking, mischievous and meant to service the course of injustice that has been done to Ondo state overtime. “We, therefore, hope and belief that when next the board of NDDC will be constituted, Ondo state shall take its turn of the headship of the commission.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 28, 2019 14:48 UTC