As the National Assembly continues with its ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and all the rots exposed so far, Nigerians are taking to social media to express their views. And one of those airing his views on this is no other than, music producer and Mavin record label owner, Michael Collins Ajereh, who is better known as Don Jazzy.
Since the ongoing probe of NDDC began, both members of the Commission, the Minister of Niger Delta and the National Assembly have come under fire with the way they have handled the probe. This, Don Jazzy is also not happy with as he took to his official twitter handle to register is take on the whole issue.
Taking to his Twitter handle on Friday 24th July 2020, Don Jazzy with the headline “THOUGHTS ON NDDC” said:
“I read through this to know the Senate’s resolution on the back of the #NDDCProbe in the National assembly and so many things come to mind.
NDDC’s birth in 2000 during former President Obasanjo’s regime was supposed to right the wrongs made under Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) in the 90s but here we are, still digging the hole we found ourselves after two decades.
Corruption has now become so endemic in our nation that we pilfer huge public funds with reckless abandon. We like to blame the elite and the govt for the sorry state of the country while so many of us are just waiting for our turns to be in public positions and become rogues,” he stated.
Don Jazzy continued by blaming government officials, especially those from the region just like him, saying that:
“Let’s be clear here – 20 years of NDDC have had many key grassroots’ actors from the Niger Delta region who would supposedly understand the plight of the people.
A very great opportunity for this region to be a model for the entire nation was wasted by a few selfish people whose intention was to convert Nigerians’ patrimony to their personal wealth. We keep talking about unimplemented and abandoned projects by unidentified contractors that were not rightly procured.
Are our consciences so untouched that we continue treading this disastrous path even with the rising poverty level and the dearth of infrastructure across the country? How would future generations of Nigerians feel when they read this history of unabated rot? Ken Saro-Wiwa of blessed memory, lost his life for this region’s cause.
If the dead could see after their demise, would he be proud of how things have turned out? NDDC, with this huge financial recklessness over the years, is just one of many government agencies. I can’t even imagine how surprised we would be if many other government agencies are perused this way? This isn’t just sad but also very unfortunate. My people, we have a very long way to go,” he added.