By Our Correspondent
AS Itsekiri youths protest enters the sixth day they have declared that they will not backdown until President Muhammadu Buhari appoints one of their own the Managing Director or Chairman of the proposed new NDDC Board.
The aggrieved Itsekiri youths protest tagged “Operation JIGINI” made the declaration at a Congress held on Saturday, December 3, 2022 in Warri to further drive home their unrelenting demands to President Buhari.
The ongoing protest which has gained momentum and support from Itsekiris at home and in the diaspora has further passed a vote of confidence on the INYC executive led by Comrade Isaac Weyinmi Agbateyiniro.
Addressing newsmen after the congress, President of Itsekiri National Youths Council INYC, Comrade Agbateyiniro declared that “Operation Jigini” will not be called off until the Federal Government heed to the voice of reason by retracting the list of nominees for the new board of the NDDC and appointing an Itsekiri to the MD position citing relevant provisions of the NDDC Act as well as the Nigerian Constitution that supported their case.
“We need to be given our legitimate place in the NDDC Board, we cannot settle for anything less. Our fight is for the good of our people backed up by the Act that established the NDDC Commission “, he declared.
