The Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Barrister Chiedu Ebie, on Monday (June 9, 2025), played host to members of the Igbo Ezue, a socio-cultural group, at his Agbor, Delta state country home.
At the meeting, members of Igbo Ezue, comprising indigenes of the five South Eastern states resident in Ika land explained that their visit was necessitated by the need to formally familiarise themselves with the NDDC boss, especially as the group recently elected new executives.
The group noted that, apart from his inspiring leadership style and unprecedented infrastructural developments he had attracted to Ika land, they were further attracted to Ebie because of his maternal connection to Anambra State.
“We have come to visit Barrister Ebie who is part of us, by virtue of the fact that his mother is from Oba in Anambra State.
“We just had an election and swore in a new executive. So, we are here to visit the Chairman of NDDC who is part of us, in the sense that his mother hails from Oba in Anambra State. We are here to see our son, our brother, our sister’s child, who is also our leader and Chairman of NDDC’’, the group said.
Led on the visit by some prominent elders and notable members of the group such as the immediate past President of Igbo-Ezue, Dr. Ughumadu, Kenneth Azubuike, the newly elected President, Chief Jude Ezeji, Ohamadike 1, and Sir Francis Ifeanyi Okechukwu, an elder and notable member of the association, the group commended Mr. Ebie inclusive leadership style and pledged their loyalty and unalloyed support to him.
Igbo Ezue members stressed that they had come to pledge their loyalty, support and, more particularly, thank Mr. Ebie for all the good things that he had been doing in Ika Federal Constituency, the whole of Delta State and the Niger Delta region in general.
“We are also using the opportunity provided by this visit to notify our son, who was the Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education and former Secretary to the state Government (SSG), that we are building a hall here in Agbor and will appreciate whatever way we can partner with NDDC; we are always available. Whatever you want us to do, call on us and we will answer you without delay.
Responding, Barrister Ebie thanked them for the visit, and appreciated them for their unflinching support, noting that as far as he was concerned, the group was no longer strange to him, because they had always been together.
Recall that a few days ago, during the celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir: the NDDC chairman celebrated with the Muslim community in Ika area of the state, donating food items.
