From Enweliku Kent, Asaba
The Ndokwa Neku Union (NNU) has expressed dissatisfaction with what it described because the longstanding neglect of Ndokwa communities by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), vowing to accentuate efforts to demand equitable distribution of improvement tasks within the space.
The union made its place recognized on Saturday, October 10, 2026, throughout a press briefing following a gathering of its Executive Council, led by the President-General, Comrade Chief Amechi Asugwuni, at Ndokwa House in Kwale, Delta State. At the assembly, the union resolved to put in writing formally to the NDDC Board Chairman to demand urgent consideration to the event wants of Ndokwa communities.
Addressing journalists on the briefing, the NNU President-General lamented that, regardless of Ndokwa’s contributions to Nigeria’s oil and fuel business, the realm had continued to obtain what he described as insufficient consideration from the intervention company.
He questioned why Ndokwa communities ought to proceed to expertise improvement deficits regardless of the pure assets extracted from their land, insisting that the NDDC was established to handle the developmental wants of oil-producing communities throughout the Niger Delta.
According to him, the problem went past the people occupying the positions of chairman or managing director of the fee, stressing that the company’s efficiency ought to be measured by its affect on the lives of the individuals and the event of host communities.
He referred to as on the NDDC Board Chairman, whom he recognized as an Ndokwa son, to make use of the alternatives offered by his workplace to make sure that the realm acquired the eye it deserved.
The NNU President-General additionally appealed to the board chairman to deal with the developmental considerations of Ndokwa as a matter of collective significance and work in direction of addressing what the union described as an imbalance within the distribution of tasks throughout the Niger Delta.
He additional referred to as for the completion of deserted tasks in Ndokwa communities and the implementation of tasks that had but to obtain enough consideration.
He maintained that the fee’s mandate could be undermined if communities whose pure assets contribute to nationwide improvement continued to lack the infrastructure and social facilities anticipated from improvement interventions.
As half of its proposed response, Asugwuni disclosed that the union would ship a proper letter to the suitable NDDC authorities to hunt dialogue and demand concrete motion on the considerations raised.
However, he warned that the union wouldn’t stay passive if the scenario persevered, declaring its readiness to mobilise Ndokwa individuals to demand the eye and improvement it believed the realm deserved.
He famous that youths, girls and elders throughout the Ndokwa nation shared considerations concerning the alleged neglect, including that the problem ought to be handled as a collective improvement precedence moderately than a matter of political curiosity.
He stated the NNU’s place shaped half of its broader dedication to selling the welfare, unity and improvement of Ndokwa communities whereas participating related authorities establishments and improvement businesses to handle points affecting the individuals.
He urged the NDDC management to answer the union’s considerations and reveal its dedication to equitable improvement throughout the Niger Delta by means of the supply of new tasks and the completion of deserted ones.
