Former Acting Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Bassey Dan-Abia, has dismissed petitions against his choice as the commission's Managing Director as the handiwork of political jobbers.
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Dan-Abia, whose name has been penciled down for appointment as the substantive Managing Director of NDDC by President Goodluck Jonathan, is facing opposition from some Niger Delta groups that claimed he was sacked last year from the Larry-Koinyan board that failed to perform despite huge sum of money at its disposal.
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One of the groups, Niger Delta Alliance, NDA, said in a petition to President Jonathan that it would do everything possible to stall the emergence of Dan-Abia as NDDC boss, given his recent past with the commission.
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However, Dan-Abia told Vanguard that his traducers were political jobbers who had no genuine case against him to warrant being dropped by the Presidency from the job.
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The former Attorney-General of Akwa Ibom State noted that those that wrote the petition against him were hired thugs meant to cause tension and create fear where none existed.