By DAYO JOHNSON

AKURE — THE Chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, Oba Lawrence Omowole, has kicked against the alleged exclusion of some states in the region from occupying key positions in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

Key positions, according to him,  include that of Managing Director, MD, and Executive Directors Finance and Projects EDFP.

Oba Omowole, in a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and made available to newsmen in Akure,  decried the situation whereby the positions have circulated exclusively among Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta and Bayelsa states.

The traditional ruler said that among the four states, some of them, since  inception of the Commission in 2000, have held the position of MD and the two EDF twice, while other states have been excluded.

Oba Omowole said among the four states, Delta has held the position of the MD and twice, the EDF; Bayelsa the MD and EDF; Akwa Ibom held the position of EDP twice and Rivers, those of MD and EDP.

He said that Ondo State has been excluded from the two positions despite being the fifth highest oil producing state in the country.

Oba Omowole, who is the Amapetu of Mahin kingdom in the oil producing area of Ondo State, said Ondo state should be considered for the position of “Managing Director or in the least the Executive Director, Projects.”