NDDC MANAGING DIRECTOR, USING LEGAL SUBTERFUGE AND SUBTLETIES TO ESCAPE SCRUTINY FROM SEVERAL ACTS OF ILLEGALITIES.
I strongly condemn the resort to litigation by the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission to settle internal wranglings in the Commission which can amicably be resolved through dialogue, mediation and adherence to the rule of law. The resort to litigation is a ploy by the MD to use legal subterfuge and subtleties to escape scrutiny from several acts of illegalities and indiscretions which he has carried out including entering into an MOU with a purported American company to develop a rail system in the Nine Niger Delta States under the purview of NDDC without the consent of the Board of the NDDC which by the NDDC Act, ultra vires his powers.
THE ENTIRE SUIT IS RED HERRING.
The power vesting accounting officer status on the MD is not sweeping and absolute. The same Act also whittles down the power by providing that the powers of the MD are subject to the control and direction of the Governing Board.
The suit filed by the MD’s agent, is tainted and one does not need to put on legal binoculars to the judgment obtained by them is deliberately contrived to cover and shield him from scrutiny by a relevant authority concerning his blatant abuse of office.
It is against the spirit and letters of Public service for a public servant to be that audacious to initiate litigation against his employers without first seeking to use an internal conflict resolution mechanism embedded in the public service rules.
@ Okoi Obono-Obla
