Emerging report reaching Page 36 on Thursday, indicates that hundreds of protesting youths under the aegis of the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, have shutdown the Headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission Eastern By-Pass, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The protesters reportedly numbering over 700, all dressed in the Council’s uniform, hoisted the Green-Red-Blue IYC flag in front of the Commission’s Secretariat, preventing any human and vehicular entry.
The Ijaw youths mounted two tents in front of the main entrance of the newly-commissioned Complex, singing and dancing to solidarity songs.
The Assistant Secretary of the IYC, Eastern Zone, Ibiso Harry, said that the action was directed by the IYC President, Peter Igbifa, following the expiration of the deadline given to the President Muhammadu Buhari Federal Government, to constitute a substantive Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
A team of Policemen were spotted at the Complex monitoring the protesting youths, who vowed to remain there, untill the NDDC Board is inaugurated.
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