The Niger Delta Students Union Government (NIDSUG) has threatened to disrupt activities of the Nigeria Local Content and Monitoring Development Board (NCDMB), should the agency fail to live up to expectation within a short period of time.
The union spoke through its president, Tonbara Yalah, during a press briefing in Yenagoa. Tonbara said the union was using the medium as a wakeup call to the agency, whose board he said has been inefficient over the years.
He equally noted that the board, which was established to improve the capacity of youths in the Niger Delta, had performed below expectation.
In a the recent national conference held by the union in Yenagoa, students vent their anger on the board members when they visited the agency’s office at Revenue House, Lambert Eradiri Road, Yenogua.
Activities at the firm were grounded as the students barricaded the entrance gate, took over the reception room and chanted solidarity songs.
Mr Eugene Ozolua, Director in the firm, who spoke on behalf of the board’s Executive Secretary, Mr Ernest Nwapa, pleaded with the students to remain calm, promising that the agency would strengthen relationship with the students.
Obedience Akama, one of the students, said: “The board is better liquidated if it will be inefficient. Each time their workers see any student around the office, they don’t him. They feel too big to even talk to us.”
The president of the National Union of Izon Ebe Students (NUIS), Godwin Ogele, a student of Delta State University, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to purge the leadership of the board of “bad eggs”.
Tonbara threatened: “Should the board refused to live up to expectation this time around, we will make sure we disrupt its activities to drive home our point.”
Source: The Nation
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